Mao5sï5 Common Speech Alphabet#
Yet Another Standard Chinese Romanization
Description#
There’s bopomofo which makes great use of the Chinese phonology, but there’s no equivalent romanization! So here I give a demonstration of a system that should do just that by remapping Pinyin.
Demonstration#
∅ |
j |
w |
y |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ |
e1 |
ie |
oe |
ue |
∅ |
a2 |
ia |
oa |
ua |
i |
ey3 |
iy |
oey |
|
i |
ay5 |
oay |
||
o |
ew |
iew |
ow |
|
o |
aw |
iaw |
||
n |
enn |
ienn |
oenn |
uenn |
n |
ann |
iann |
oann |
uann |
ng |
eng |
ieng |
oeng |
ueng |
ng |
ang |
iang |
oang |
Tones can be marked by ⟨j⟩ for yien1pieng2, ⟨h⟩ for yiang2pieng2, ⟨v⟩ for srang3, and ⟨k⟩ for qu5.
Other phonemes are deriven from Pinyin but there are these following exceptions:
else |
|
|---|---|
?ê? |
?ä? |
er |
r |
ar |
ar |
e-er |
er |
e’er |
eer |
yai |
iaj |
?o |
?ew |
sh? |
sr? |
ch? |
cr? |
zh? |
zr? |
ji? |
gi? |
ju? |
gu? |
k? |
q? |
h? |
x? |
Every part of Standard Mandarin syllable should be present, especially the tonal markings.
Diacritics can usually be omitted while ⟨ae⟩ instead of ⟨ä⟩ can be used.
The system can be altered to remove ⟨n⟩ before ⟨g⟩.
For comparison,
∅ |
j |
w |
y |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ |
ㄭ/ㄧ |
ㄨ |
ㄩ |
|
∅ |
ㄜ |
ㄧㄝ |
ㄨㄛ |
ㄩㄝ |
∅ |
ㄚˊ |
ㄧㄚ |
ㄨㄚ |
|
i |
ㄟˇ |
ㄨㄟ |
||
i |
ㄞˋ |
ㄨㄞ |
||
o |
ㄡˉ |
ㄧㄡ |
||
o |
ㄠ |
ㄧㄠ |
||
n |
ㄣ |
ㄧㄣ |
ㄨㄣ |
ㄩㄣ |
n |
ㄢ |
ㄧㄢ |
ㄨㄢ |
ㄩㄢ |
ng |
ㄥ |
ㄧㄥ |
ㄨㄥ |
ㄩㄥ |
ng |
ㄤ |
ㄧㄤ |
ㄨㄤ |
∅ |
j |
w |
y |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ |
ē |
ye/-ie |
wo/-uo |
yu/-ü |
∅ |
á |
ya/-ia |
wa/-ua |
yue/-üe |
i |
ěi |
yi/-i |
wei/-ui |
|
i |
ài |
wai/-uai |
||
o |
·ou |
you/-iao |
wu/-u |
|
o |
ao |
yao/-iao |
||
n |
en |
yin/-in |
wen/-un |
yun/-ün |
n |
an |
yan/-ian |
wan/-uan |
yuan/-üan |
ng |
eng |
ying/-ing |
weng/-ong |
yong/-iong |
ng |
ang |
yang/-iang |
wang/-uang |
Characteristics#
phonemically more relevant and consistent, possibly providing better learning experience for both L1 and L2 users
apostrophe not used within core system to let for other uses
hyphen too
if we exclude Pinyin and its derivatives, this system is actually more in line with existing uses of the letters
mapping /k/ to ⟨q⟩ (and /-ng/ to ⟨g⟩) is unusual in the context of transcription of the sort
using ⟨x⟩ not as an alphabet is new
Design Principles#
Use bopomofo-based two vowel analysis
Be readable
Make sense
Be usable
Be typable with Qwerty keyboard for usability
Expanded letter should be typable with US international keyboard
Be compatible for passport names
Be compatible with Iso’s Korean romanization.
Roadmap#
Re-evaluation of phonemes considering historic phones and phonemes.
Contributing#
Whomever wishes to contribute may.
License#
Apache License 2.0
Project status#
Not very active