Yale Cantonese

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Yale Cantonese is a widely used romanization system for Cantonese designed primarily for teaching pronunciation to English speakers.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cantonese romanization system ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ
basedOn English phonological intuition ⓘ
comparedWith Guangdong Romanization ⓘ
Jyutping ⓘ
Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization ⓘ
designedFor Cantonese ⓘ
designedToBe intuitive for English speakers ⓘ
developedFor foreign learners of Cantonese ⓘ
distinguishes entering tones with final -p -t -k ⓘ
nasal finals -m -n -ng ⓘ
emphasizes accurate tone learning ⓘ
pronunciation over etymology ⓘ
goal make Cantonese pronunciation accessible to English speakers ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Yale Romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
hasFeature distinct spelling for aspirated and unaspirated consonants ⓘ
distinct spelling for long and short vowels ⓘ
tone marks on vowels ⓘ
use of h to indicate low tones in some syllables ⓘ
hasTranscriptionGoal phonemic representation of Cantonese ⓘ
hasUserCommunity Cantonese learners in North America ⓘ
Cantonese teachers ⓘ
influenced later Cantonese teaching materials ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Cantonese ⓘ
notationDomain spoken Cantonese ⓘ
primaryUse teaching pronunciation ⓘ
represents Cantonese finals ⓘ
Cantonese initials ⓘ
Cantonese tones ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
targetAudience English speakers ⓘ
toneRepresentation numbers sometimes used as an alternative to diacritics ⓘ
usedIn Cantonese dictionaries ⓘ
Cantonese teaching materials ⓘ
Cantonese textbooks ⓘ
Hong Kong Cantonese pedagogy ⓘ
uses Latin letters ⓘ
diacritics ⓘ
usesLetter gw to represent [kʷ] ⓘ
j to represent [j] or [jɐ] onset ⓘ
kw to represent aspirated [kʷʰ] ⓘ
y to represent [j] in some syllables ⓘ
writingSystemType Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cantonese → hasRomanizationStandard → Jyutping ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Cantonese → hasRomanizationStandard → Yale Cantonese ⓘ
Yale Cantonese → hasAlternativeName → Yale Romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Yue Chinese → hasRomanization → Yale Romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization → differsFrom → Yale romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Kwan → hasRomanizationSystem → Cantonese Yale ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Chan (surname 詹) → hasTransliterationStandard → Yale Cantonese romanization ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Jyutping → comparedWith → Yale romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Ho → romanizationSystem → Yale Cantonese ⓘ
Yale romanization of Cantonese → alsoKnownAs → Yale Cantonese romanization ⓘ
subject linked to: Yale
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Yale romanization of Cantonese → alsoKnownAs → Yale Cantonese ⓘ
subject linked to: Yale
Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization → comparedWith → Yale Cantonese romanization ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization → influencedBy → Yale romanization for Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
Guangdong Romanization → distinctFrom → Yale Romanization of Cantonese ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese
顏 → transliteratedAs → Ngan (Cantonese Yale / Hong Kong usage) ⓘ
linked to: Yale Cantonese