Gabelsberger shorthand

Gabelsberger shorthand
Script type	light-line script mixed abugida Shorthand
Creator	Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
Created	≈1817
Published	1834
Time period	1834-1924
Languages	German
Related scripts
Child systems	German Unified Shorthand (Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift) Bezenšek Shorthand Gabelsberger-Noë Shorthand
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Gabelsberger shorthand, named for its creator, is a form of shorthand previously common in Germany and Austria. Created c. 1817 by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, it was first fully described in the 1834 textbook Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie and became rapidly used.

Gabelsberger shorthand has a full alphabet with signs for both consonants and vowels. The

), vowels are never entirely omitted.

Most German shorthand systems published after 1834 are ultimately based on Gabelsberger's system. Modern German shorthand, Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift, retains most of the consonant signs of Gabelsberger's alphabet but has a modified system of vowel representation.

Gabelsberger shorthand was adopted into many languages and was particularly successful in Scandinavia, the Slavic countries, and Italy. A host of shorthand systems has since appeared that build on the graphic principles laid down by Gabelsberger.

External links

• "List of Gabelsberger glyphs". Retrieved 2017-04-06.
• Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie at WorldCat.