Re: Bopomofo and pinyin
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 21, 2000, 20:59 |
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BP Jonsson wrote:
> but how render an initial velar nasal in (Mandarin)
> Chinese?
IIRC, initial N in Cantonese matches initial w in Mandarin,
so Wa Wang Jin Ba. What that might *mean* I have no idea.
But hey, /n@g&g d@b&N s@bjIn pA/ sounds cool too. :-)
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