Raymond Brown wrote:
> The simple fact is that /ps/ was variously written {bs} or {ps} without
> strict consistency, which is why Claudius proposed using a single letter
> for the sound as the Greeks did and still do. He proposed a reverse C (the
> 'antisigma') and for a short time it was actually used.
What other letters did he propose?
> Not so. Many Chinese scholar proposed different systems of phonemic
> writing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The most successful
> of these was Wang2 Zhao4's system of 100 which actually gained some support
> among Chinese authorities.
>
> 1918 saw the publication of the Zhu4yin1 Zi4mu3 (Pronunciation Alphabet) in
> which the symbols were adapted from forms of simple characters;this was
> introduced into schools in 1920.
Was this an alphabet or a syllabry, or something in between?
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