S. L. Wong (romanisation)

:"For Cantonese transcription scheme derived by S. L. Wong, see S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)

Wong Shik Ling (also known as S. L. Wong) published a romanisation scheme accompanying a set of phonetic symbols for Standard Cantonese based on International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the book "A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced according to the Dialect of Canton".

Phonology

Cantonese like other Chinese languages is monosyllabic. Each syllabus is divided into initial (consonant), final (vowel and following consonant) and tone.

Finals

Chinese phonology traditionally stresses on finals because it is related to rhymes in the composition of poems, proses and articles. There are 53 finals in Standard Cantonese.

Vowels

The 10 basic vowel phoneme symbols [a] , [ɐ] , [ei] , [ɛ] , [i] , [ou] , [ɔ] , [œ] , [u] and [y] in the scheme mean following:

Some vowel phonemes can followed by nasal consonants -m, -n or -ng to form 17 nasal phoneme finals:

"For detail explanation of the phonetic system, see S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)#Plosive phoneme finals."

Nasal consonantoids fully voiced finals

For the nasal consonantoids fully voiced finals

[m] and [ŋ] in voiced form [m̩] and [ŋ̩] are also 2 finals in Cantonese.

"For detail explanation of the phonetic system, see S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)#Tones."

ee also

* S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)

References

#cite book|title=A CHINESE SYLLABARY PRONOUNCED ACCORDING TO THE DIALECT OF CANTON|first=S. L.|last=Wong|publisher=Chung Hwa Book Co.,(H.K.) Ltd.|year=1941|location=Hong Kong