Jyutping codas {i,u} and Yale "h" for low tones

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Jyutping codas {i,u} and Yale "h" for low tones #7

Closed jacksonllee closed 8 years ago

jacksonllee commented 8 years ago

Jyutping codas {i,u} with low tones aren't handled correctly in Jyutping-to-Yale conversion, specifically for the position of "h" signaling a low tone in Yale. Currently:

>>> import pycantonese as pc
>>> pc.yale("caau4")
['chàahu'] # incorrect -- should be ['chàauh'] instead