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A tool for transcribing orthographic text as IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
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Standardize Sinitic varieties #128

Closed kalvinchang closed 2 years ago

kalvinchang commented 2 years ago

  1. gan,wuu,hsn (Xiang): use ɲ instead of n̠ʲ to be consistent across Sinitic varieties Reason: The spirit of IPA suggests that we use fewer diacritics where possible.

  2. gan,hak,nan,wuu: mark all syllabic nasals with a diacritic below Previously, engma as a syllabic consonant had the diacritic below: ŋ̍

  3. all Sinitic varieties: for diphthongs, switch from phonological (vowel + glide / glide + vowel) to phonetic (2 vowels) representation to be consistent across varieties. Wiktionary appears to be using a phonological transcription of diphthongs.

kalvinchang commented 2 years ago

I am unsure of Mandarin, though. Should the following be classified as diphthongs?

ya,iä ia,yä ie,jɛ ye,jɛ

kalvinchang commented 2 years ago

after monday's meeting, yes, we will classify those 4 as diphthongs

kalvinchang commented 2 years ago

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ATriphthong#Triphthongs_in_Chinese_language