Guangdong Romanization
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Guangdong Romanization is a Latin-based writing system developed to represent the sounds of Cantonese and other Yue Chinese dialects, primarily used in Guangdong province.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-based orthography
ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ |
| appliesToDialect |
Cantonese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaoyang Yue NERFINISHED ⓘ Siyi Yue ⓘ Taishanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToDialectGroup | Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorityRegion | Guangdong linguistic tradition ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cantonese phonology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designPrinciple |
one-to-one sound-letter correspondence as far as possible
ⓘ
phonemic representation ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Cantonese Pinyin
ⓘ
Jyutping NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Romanization of Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Guangdong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
represent Cantonese pronunciation
ⓘ
represent Yue Chinese dialect pronunciation ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Pearl River Delta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ western Guangdong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representsCodas | true ⓘ |
| representsFinals | true ⓘ |
| representsInitialConsonants | true ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| toneCategory | Cantonese lexical tones ⓘ |
| toneMarkingMethod | diacritics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dialectological research in Guangdong
ⓘ
linguistic description of Yue dialects ⓘ teaching Cantonese pronunciation ⓘ |
| usesInitialsAndFinals | true ⓘ |
| usesLetter |
a
ⓘ
b ⓘ c ⓘ d ⓘ e ⓘ g ⓘ h ⓘ i ⓘ j ⓘ k ⓘ l ⓘ m ⓘ n ⓘ o ⓘ p ⓘ s ⓘ t ⓘ u ⓘ w ⓘ y ⓘ z ⓘ |
| usesToneMarks | true ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | Latin script ⓘ |
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