Liujgoj Yvthping

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Welcome to Liujgoj Yvthping.

(Liujgoj Yvthping is derived from Jyutping.)

"Liujgoj Yvthping" is a Romanization scheme for Cantonese.

It has several characteristics:

1, It takes words as the writing unit,

2, words are separated by spaces.

3, It uses the same punctuation symbols and rules as English.

For example:

Yvthyvq haih yatj zungr yaujmeiq ge yvqyinx. (Cantonese is a beautiful language.)

From the perspective of pronunciation, Cantonese words can consist of one syllable or multiple syllables.

A syllable in Cantonese consists of three parts: the initial, the final, and the tone.

The final is composed of the main vowel and the ending.

This scheme determines the spelling rules for Cantonese syllables. 1. Alphabet A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2. Initial： Cantonese has 19 initials. They are: 1. The initial "p" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [pʰ]; 2. The initial "t" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [tʰ]; 3. The initial "k" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [kʰ]; 4. The initial "b" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [p]; 5. The initial "d" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [t]; 6. The initial "g" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [k]; 7. The initial "f" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [f]; 8. The initial "s" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [s]; 9. The initial "m" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [m]; 10. The initial "n" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [n]; 11. The initial "ng" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ŋ]; 12. The initial "h" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [h]; 13. The initial "l" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [l]; 14. The initial "y" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [j]; 15. The initial "w" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [w]; 16. The initial "kw" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [kʷʰ]; 17. The initial "gw" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [kʷ]; 18. The initial "c" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [t͡sʰ]; 19. The initial "z" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [t͡s]. In addition, there is the case without initials. Therefore, Cantonese has 19 initials plus the case without the Initials, totaling 20 variations.

3. the main vowel: Cantonese has 9 main vowels. They are: 1. The letter "aa" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [a]; 2. The letter "a" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ɐ]; 3. The letter "i" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [i]; but when preceded by "ng" or "k", the corresponding international phonetic alphabet is [ɪ]; 4. The letter "u" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [u]; but when preceded by "ng" or "k", the corresponding international phonetic alphabet is [ʊ]; 5. The letter "e" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ɛ]; but when preceded by "i", the corresponding international phonetic alphabet is [e]; 6. The letter "o" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ɔ]; but when preceded by "u", the corresponding international phonetic alphabet is [o]; 7. The letter "v" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [y]; 8. The letter "oe" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [œ]; 9. The letter "eo" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ɵ]. It should be noted that in Cantonese syllables, finals are not necessarily required. Therefore, Cantonese has 9 finals plus the case without the main vowel, totaling 10 variations.

4. the ending: Cantonese has 8 endings. They are: 1. The letter "i" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ɪ]; 2. The letter "u" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ʊ]; 3. The letter "m" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [m]; 4. The letter "n" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [n]; 5. The letter "ng" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [ŋ]; 6. The letter "p" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [p ̚ ]; 7. The letter "t" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [t ̚ ]; 8. The letter "k" corresponds to the international phonetic alphabet [k ̚ ]. It should be noted that in Cantonese syllables, end finals are not necessarily required. Therefore, Cantonese has 8 end finals plus the case without the Engding, totaling 9 variations. 5. Tone: Cantonese has 6 tones. They are: 1. In Liujgoj Cantonese, the letter "j" represents tone 1. For example, "fu1" in Jyutping is written as "fuj" in Liujgoj Yvthping. 2. The letter "r" represents tone 2. For example, "fu2" in Jyutping is written as "fur" in Liujgoj Yvthping. 3. Liujgoj Cantonese considers tone 3 to be the basic tone (that is, the most commonly used tone), so no symbol is needed to mark the tone. In other words, if a syllable does not add any tone symbol, Liujgoj Cantonese will default the tone of this syllable to 3. For example, "fu3" in Jyutping is simply written as "fu" in Liujgoj Yvthping, because the default tone is 3. 4. The letter "x" represents tone 4. For example, "fu4" in Jyutping is written as "fux" in Liujgoj Yvthping. 5. The letter "q" represents tone 5. For example, "fu5" in Jyutping is written as "fuq" in Liujgoj Yvthping. 6. The letter "h" represents tone 6. For example, "fu6" in Jyutping is written as "fuh" in Liujgoj Yvthping.

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