Yale
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Yale is a widely used romanization system for Cantonese Chinese that represents Cantonese sounds with the Latin alphabet.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yale romanization of Cantonese | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cantonese romanization system
ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Yale Cantonese
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Yale Cantonese romanization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | American English spelling conventions ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Cantonese Pinyin
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Jyutping NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Lau romanization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
learners of Cantonese
ⓘ
teaching Cantonese pronunciation ⓘ |
| developedBy | Yale University linguists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | U.S. military language instruction ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
aspirated and unaspirated stops
ⓘ
voiceless and voiced-like contrasts via spelling ⓘ |
| goal | to make Cantonese pronunciation intuitive for English speakers ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage | familiarity for English-speaking learners ⓘ |
| hasDisadvantage |
inconsistent one-to-one sound-letter mapping
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less phonetic transparency than Jyutping ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
marks entering tones with final -p -t -k
ⓘ
represents long and short vowels with different letters ⓘ uses tone marks or numbers to distinguish lexical tone ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cantonese romanization schemes ⓘ |
| ISO15924Script | Latn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan (Cantonese branch) ⓘ |
| notOfficialIn | Hong Kong government standards ⓘ |
| originatedAt | Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
dictionaries
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language textbooks ⓘ pedagogical use ⓘ |
| regionUsed |
Hong Kong
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ⓘ
overseas Cantonese teaching materials ⓘ |
| represents |
Cantonese consonants
ⓘ
Cantonese tones ⓘ Cantonese vowels ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| toneMarking |
diacritics
ⓘ
superscript numbers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
self-study Cantonese textbooks
ⓘ
university Cantonese courses ⓘ |
| usesAlphabet | Roman alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesSymbol |
h to indicate aspiration in some consonants
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j to represent [j] or [jɐ] onset ⓘ ng to represent the velar nasal ⓘ y to represent [j] in some syllables ⓘ |
| writingSystemType |
phonemic transcription
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romanization ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.