“Vilaras advocated the abolishment of historical spelling, and proposed to replace the existing Greek alphabet by a phonetic alphabet. In small booklet that he published under the title Η ρομεηκη γλοσα, he analyzes in brief the new spelling system. Thus, he suggests to establish twenty three characters and to abolish the vowels υ, ω and double vowels αι, οι, ει, υι (as phones ε and ι ). The vowel ι is considered mute and is only used to form diphthongs: αϊ, εϊ, οϊ, ουι, ια, ιε, ιο, ιου.

A basic motive of the linguistic innovation of Vilaras, as well as other defenders of demotic of his circle was to cover educational needs and to promote culture, through an easily taught and assimilated natural spoken language. The alphabet of every language, according to Vilaras, needs to “have as much characters, as the voiced sounds” and “anyone writing in a way different from the one he is thinking and pronounces the letters not as he is thinking, he makes a double and needless effort.”

The new spelling system of Vilaras, although it was accepted among his circle, it caused mockery and objection by many people. Therefore in later publications, Vilaras writes using the standard spelling system, although in his personal correspondence with people of his circle he insists in writing using the phonetic alphabet”. p.  282.