Mow5su5 Literary Speech Alphabet#

Gu & Simmons’ system, modified slightly to be written using only Basic Latin letters. Made to be regular, easy, and compatible with Common Speech.

p

t

c

k

x

tj

th

tr

b

d

q

g

h

dj

dh

dr

bb

dd

qq

gg

jj

jh

jr

f

s

sh

sr

v

z

(zh)

zr

vv

m

n

l

ng

w/y

r

o

wo

a

ea

wa

e

ie

ye

w

y

ai, oi

eai

wai, woi

ei

wei

i

wi

ow

uw

iuw

ew

eaw

iaw

om

op

am

ap

eam

eap

iem

iep

um

up

im

ip

on

ot

won

wot

an

at

ean

eat

wan

wat

ien

iet

yam

yet

un

ut

wn

wt

in

it

yn

yt

ang

ok

eang

eok

wang

wok

iang

iok

eng

ek

weng

uak, wek

yeng

ieng

iek, yak

ung

uk

wung

wuk

ing

ik

yik

wng

wk

ong

owk

yng

yk

iong

iowk

  • Add coda r according to Common Speech.

  • Use tone number 0-6 for non-入声. Use tone number [0, 1, 2, 3, 5] according to Common Speech tone for 入声.

  • Note that ?r and ?h are switched.