This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Wu 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 Wu Chinese)

Ngñü latin zïmu/吴语拉丁字母
The Wu Chinese latin alphabet

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

Initials
p
[p]
b
[b]
ph
[pʰ]
m
[m]
f
[f]
t
[t]
d
[d]
th
[tʰ]
n
[n]
v
[v]
k
[k]
g
[g]
kh
[kʰ]
ng
[ŋ]
h
[h/ʔ]
c
[ts]
z
[z]
ch
[tsʰ]
s
[s]
l
[ɺ]
č
[tɕ]
ž
[ʑ]
čh
[tɕʰ]
š
[ɕ]
r
[ɦ]
  j
[dʑ]
ñ
[ȵ]
y
[j],[ɥ]
w
[w],[ɯ]
Finals
i
[i]
ï
[ɿ]
u
[u]
ü
[y]
ë
[ɵ~ɜ~ɘ~ɤ]
o
[ŏ~ʊ~̆ɔ]
a
[a]
e
[ə̆~ɐ̆~ɛ̝]
ö
[ø]
Tones
1 ying a
2 yang á
There would not be letters q, x.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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