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Lac Viet keyboard for Ŧaư-Chuậng (Zhuang script in Chữ Quốc Ngữ system) Chữ Quốc Ngữ tiếng Choang.壯語國語字

This script is an innovative romanization form that adopted Chữ Quốc Ngữ system to represent the Zhuang speak (Vạ-Chuậng).

Alphabet

Phonologic Map

Consonants

The consonant [k] is spelled as the letter "k" when it appears before the vowel letters "e, ê, i, y". When it appears before the vowel letters "â, ă, u, ư, ô, ơ"， it is spelled as the letter "c".

The consonant [ɣ] is spelled as the letter "gh" when it appears before the vowel letters "e, ê, i, y". When it appears before the vowel letters "â, ă, u, ư, ô, ơ"， it is spelled as the letter "g".

The consonant [ŋ] is spelled as the letter "ngh" when it appears before the vowel letters "e, ê, i, y". When it appears before the vowel letters "â, ă, u, ư, ô, ơ"， it is spelled as the letter "ng".

The consonants in yellow background exist in Zhuang dialects other than Nàm-Nình dialect.

Vowels and End Consonants

The e-, iê-, ơ- vowels in the vowel combiniations or vowel and end consonant combinations are variants of ê-, iê-, ư- in some Zhuang accents.

Long Vowels and Short Vowels

Tones

Input of Specific Alphabet

Tonal diacritics

Punctuation and Capitalization piao-tiển vù-ğạo tăh đọ-sỉa

A space " " should be added betweem each words.

The first letter in one sentence should be capitalized.

The first letter in a proper noun such as the name of a particular person and place should be capitalized.

In an acronym, the first letter of each syllable should be capitalized, and a period "." can be added behind each capitalized letter.

In a multi-syllable single word, the space " " should be added between each syllable.

In a multi-syllable combined word, the hyphen "-" can be added between each syllable for avoid confusion.

In compound vowel and vowel with end consonant in loanword or certain accent, the hyphen "-" can be added between vowels or added between vowel and end consonant to mark the sounds out and avoid misreading.

Other uses of punctuation are similar with English and Vietnamese.

If more than one tone marking key is pressed, the last one will be used. For example, typing asf will return "à". To write a tone marking key as a normal character, one has to press it twice: her becomes hẻ, while herr becomes her.

Sample

Pỗ-Pỗ ma tầng lả-pưn chộ mì chư-dồ, chun-hiền chấu kền-li pỗ-pỗ pình-tẩng. Kióng vùn mì lỉ-ŧinh chấu liềng-ŧim, ưng-tang tại kióng de lủm pỹ-nuẫng ít-dệng.

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