- What is writing | Writing systems: alphabetic | syllabic | logographic | alternative Shavian Alphabet Origin The Shavian alphabet is named after George Bernard Shaw and was devised by Kingsley Read. Shaw saw use of the Latin alphabet for writing English as a great waste of time, energy and paper, so in his will he stipulated that a competition should be held to create a new writing system for ...www.omniglot.com/writing/shavian.htm