Learning Aids

To help you learn how to read and write English in the Musa alphabet, we offer a variety of learning aids. Use the one(s) you find most useful!

Shape Names

Here are the names for all the Musa shapes:

Picture Alphabet

Here are memorable images of all the Musa letters used for English:

Color Vowels

For those of you who are familiar with the (excellent) color vowel system, here is a chart of the vowel colors:

Vowel Nicknames

The color vowels are a great way to talk about the English vowel sounds when they're written in the Roman alphabet, where they don't each have their own letter. That's not a problem in Musa, but here's another aid: nicknames that help you associate vowel sounds with letter shapes. Each nickname includes the sound it represents, and hopefully also evokes the shape of the letter. Here are some hints:

Yawn depicts an open mouth.

Bobby represents the helmet of a London constable.→

Diamond and Ladle represent the unstressed vowel in the word.

Letter Charts

Here are two simple charts of the English letters, suitable for printing.

 green silver golden wooden  blue
 gray red mustard auburn  rose
 white black almond olive  brown
 turquoise  beer  purple  gourd  fuchsia
mocha  pear  scarlet  orange teal

mom nun banking
sip sit sick
peas appear tease attack tsar tsunami cheese achieve keys accuse
bob spill compass dad still mental beats judge denture gig skill conquer
above adopt beads ajar against
fluff thirtieth sauce sheepish high
valve they zoos Asia
we low roar you all
metal, medal oar night-owl uh-oh

Color Digits

Here are all the Musa digits. The RGB color codes are available here.


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