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

Xiang Wa/湘语拉丁字母
The Xiang 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
[x]
z
[ts]
c
[tsʰ]
s
[s]
 
j
[tɕ]
q
[tɕʰ]
x
[ɕ]
 
zh
[tʂ]
ch
[tʂʰ]
sh
[ʂ]
 
  ñ
[ɲ]
y
[j],[ɥ]
w
[w]
Finals
ï
[ɿ]
oa
[ɔ]
e
[ə]
o
[o]
a
[a]
ei
[ei]
au
[aʌ]
eu
[əu]
enn
[ən]
an
[ã]
on
[õ]
en
[ǝ̃]
n
[n̩]
i
[i]
ia
[iɔ]
ie
[iɪ]
io
[io]
    iau
[iaʌ]
ieu
[iəu]
ienn
[iən]
ian
[iɛ̃]
  ien
[iẽ]
m
[m̩]
u
[u]
ua
[uɔ]
ue
[uə]
  ua
[ua]
ui
[ue]
    uen
[uən]
uan
[uã]
     
ü
[y]
üa
[yɔ]
üe
[yɪ]
  üai
[yai]
üi
[yei]
    ün
[yn]
üan
[yɛ̃]
  üen
[yẽ]
 
Tones
1 mid ā
2 rising ǎ
3 falling â
4 high á
5 low à
6 checked
There would not be letter v.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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