This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Cantonese Chinese. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below. (romanization of Cantonese Chinese)

Gwóngzàuwah Lādīng zihmóuh/廣州話拉丁字母
The Cantonese Chinese Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

Initials
b
[p]
p
[pʰ]
m
[m]
f
[f]
d
[t]
t
[tʰ]
n
[n]
l
[l]
g
[k]
k
[kʰ]
ng
[ŋ]
h
[h]
z
[ts],[tɕ]
c
[tsʰ],[tɕʰ]
s
[s],[ɕ]
 
gw
[kw]
kw
[kʰw]
y
[j],[ɥ]
w
[w]
Finals
a
[aː]
ai
[aːi]
au
[aːu]
am
[aːm]
an
[aːn]
ang
[aːŋ]
ab
[aːp]
ad
[aːt]
ag
[aːk]
  aai
[ɐi]
aau
[ɐu]
aam
[ɐm]
aan
[ɐn]
aang
[ɐŋ]
aab
[ɐp]
aad
[ɐt]
aag
[ɐk]
e
[ɛː]
ei
[ei]
      eng
[ɛːŋ]
    eg
[ɛːk]
i
[iː]
  iu
[iːu]
im
[iːm]
in
[iːn]
ing
[ɪŋ]
ib
[iːp]
id
[iːt]
ig
[ɪk]
o
[ɔː]
oi
[ɔːi]
ou
[ou]
  on
[ɔːn]
ong
[ɔːŋ]
  od
[ɔːt]
og
[ɔːk]
u
[uː]
ui
[uːi]
    un
[uːn]
ung
[ʊŋ]
  ud
[uːt]
ug
[ʊk]
ö
[œː]
öi
[ɵy]
    ön
[ɵn]
öng
[œːŋ]
  öd
[ɵt]
ög
[œːk]
ü
[yː]
      ün
[yːn]
    üd
[yːt]
 
      m
[m̩]
  ng
[ŋ̩]
     
Tones
1 high-flat/falling sī,sì
2 mid-rising
3 mid-flat si
4 mid-falling sìh
5 low-rising síh
6 low-flat sih
There would not be letters j, q, r, v, x.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Yàhnyàhn sàangchö¯tlàih jauhhaih jihyàuh ge, hái jǜnyìhm tùhng kǜhnléih söhng yātlöht pìhngdáng. Kö´ihdeih göihyáuh léihsing tùhng lö`hngsàm, yìhche yìnggòi yuhng hìngdaih ge gwàanhaih laih wuhsö¯ng döidoih.

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