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Shanghai Telex keyboard for Script of the National Language for Wu Ğồ-Nhủ Coâc-Nhủ-Zự

Ğồ-Nhủ Coâc-Nhủ-Zự zự yêt chủng Lơ-Mỏ-hó căh Ğồ-Nhủ Vằn-Zự, mọc-tich zự păh Ğồ-Nhủ yêt chủng piao-chuẩn căh šŭ-siả ğẹ̌-thỏng

Ğồ-Nhủ Coâc-Nhủ-Zự căh thong-dụng pản-pỏn kiêt-ğợt lặh cŏc-chủng Ğồ-Nhủ fang-nhiền căh đặc-tiển, ğình-žềnh yêt chủng hảo piảo-žự tăh miào-žuật cŏc-šưc-cŏc-diạng Ğồ-Nhủ fang-nhiền căh šŭ-sỉa ğẹ̌-thỏng, ğà cản-šiảo țứ đòng-in-zự, đě̀-cung păh făh-đòng đị-fang făh-đòng khẩu-in căh cảng Ğồ-Nhủ căh nhìn yêt tháo ğọng-đòng căh šŭ-siả ğẹ̌-thỏng.

The script of national language for Wu is a romanized Wu script is aimed at developing a standard phonetic writing system for Wu.

The universal version of the script of national language for Wu combines the character of various accents of Wu, forms a phonetic writing system for Wu which demonstrates and describes various of Wu accents, and reduces the impact of homophone, provides a common written system for Wu speakers in different areas with different accents.

Alphabet Zự-Mổ-Piảo

Tone Marks In-Điạo Vù-Ğạo

Phonologic Map In-Dụn-Piảo

Consonants Šênh-Mổ

In Wu language, the "k" "kh" "h" "g" and "ğ" consonants are often palatalized to [tɕ] [tɕʰ] [ɕ] [dʑ] and [ʑ] when before "i" "ě" "u" or "ưu"vowels.

In Taiwoo Wu dialect, the "ği" combination often merges to "d" consonant and pronounced as [ɦi].

In Taiwoo Wu dialect, the "ğu" combination often merges to "w" consonant and pronounced as [ɦu].

In modern day north Wu dialect, the "ch" "x" "š" "ž" and "đr" have already merged to "ț" "țh" "s" "z" and "dz"

The "k" consonant at the front can be replaced with "c" if it appears before the letter "a" "ă" "â" "o" "ô" "ơ" "u" or "ư".

The "r" consonant exist at siao-san Wu accent and loanwords.

Vowels and End Consonants Dụn-Mổ

The vowels with white background are common single vowels in Wu language.

The phonemes with yellow background are common in Taiwoo Wu dialect.

The phonemes with red background only exist in north Wu accent.

The phonemes with skyblue background only exist in north Liampo accent.

The phonemes with pink background exist in other minority Wu accent outside of Taiwoo Wu dialect

The vowels in the phonemes with a green background shift from [ə] in the North Wu accent to [i] in the Liampo accent.

The glide [y] in the phonemes with a purple background often disappears, making the vowel become a monophthong in the Taiwoo Wu accent.

The vowels in the phonemes with a orange background may shift to [ø] in Shanghai accent.

The "ang" [ɑŋ] and "anh"[aŋ] vowel can lose their end consonants and shift to nasal vowels [ɑ̃] and [ã].

The letter "y" represents the [i] consonant as well as the letter "i". However, unlike letter "i", the letter "y" neither not cause palatalization with "k" "kh" "h" "g" "", combine with nearby letters to form other consonants or vowels.

The vowels in grey background indicate the pronunciation in some accents of Wu and loanwords. However, they are seldom used to indicate phonemes with clear etymology.

The end consonant [ʔ] can be spell as "h" when the vowel is in a particle, the word without a clear etymology about its original end consonant, the loanword, or just for representing the sound of the vowel.

The "ŭ" [ʮ] vowel mainly appears in Taiwoo Wu dialect. In Taichow Wu dialect, this phoneme often appears after "ch" "x" "š" "ž" "đr" consonants and pronounced same as vowel "u".

The "ě" [ie] vowel only appears at Shangshan and Lishui dialect. In other Wu dialect, the "ě" vowel is read same as "i" behind "k" "kh" "nh" "h" "ğ" "t" "th" "đ" "n" "l" "p" "ph" "b" "m" consonants or pronounced as "ư" behind "ch" "ț" "x" "țh" "š" "s" "ž" "z" "đr" "dz" consonants.

The nasalization mark '̨' indicates the vowel at the front is nasalized. This mark is used to represent the nasal vowel in some Wu accents or loanword.

Accent Tones Šênh-Điạo

The Shanghai accent only has unvoiced flat tone, unvoiced falling tone, voiced flat tone, unvoiced entering tone, and voiced entering tone.

Specific Alphabet Đặc-Biệt Zự-Mổ

Examples Lẹ̌-Țử:

ar > ả, as > á, af > à, ax > ã, aj > ạ

If you want to type "liảng"，please input "liangx"

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

A space " " should be added between 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 single quote "'" 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.

doubletaping leads to generate original letters:

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.

tap Z key to remove tonations

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