Re: Bopomofo and pinyin

nicole perrin wrote:
>
> No one seems to be familiar with the Yale system,
Well --- maybe not "nobody."
I used it for years, have maybe 25 books using it.

> and neither was I, but I found this webpage
>
> http://liberty.uc.wlu.edu/%7Ehhill/tlit.html
>
> for anyone who can see it.  It's not the greatest, but it seems pretty
> helpful.
> Nicole        --  nicole.eap@snet.net
Actually, the Pinyin system was based on the
Yale system, though it would have been very
politically incorrect to have acknowledged
such in the PRC at the time.

Bopomofo is or was much used on Taiwan for
teaching Mandarin pronunciation.

Regards,
Leo J. Moser