Aphonemic orthography is anorthography in which thegraphemes correspond consistently to the language'sphonemes, or more generally to the language'sdiaphonemes.[1] Phonemic orthographies have the highest possible level oforthographic depth, as they have exact grapheme to phoneme correspondence.
For a systemic analysis of the phoneme/grapheme correspondence,Petr Sgall distinguishes two conditions, both of which are to be satisfied for a phonemic orthography:[2]
In the past, the termphonetic orthography was used to refer to various proposals of phoneticEnglish-language spelling reforms,[3] e.g., by J.I.D. Hinds[4][5] orTobias Witmer.[6]
On the other hand,Morris Swadesh defined "phonetic orthography" or "phonetic alphabet" as a writing system to make a phonetic record using symbols for "selected characteristic points in the total range of possible speech sounds",[1]: 365 this is more commonly referred to as "phonetic transcription".
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