Read was then appointed the sole designer of the new alphabet.
The roots of the language would be changed to reflect the new alphabet.
The new alphabet is a simplified version of the old script.
Once the final tally is official, probably not until Wednesday, the new alphabet will be used to place them in order.
A new alphabet, with 47 letters, including the glottal stop, was developed starting in 2005.
In his will, he left money to be used to make a new alphabet.
He wanted the new alphabet to have at least 40 letters, so that each sound could be spelled with just one letter.
It proved to be less than ideal, and a new alphabet was developed by the tribe in the early 2000s.
So it would be no more difficult to introduce an entirely new, scientific alphabet.
His new alphabet, however, never caught on, and he eventually lost interest.