Pinfa
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The Hakka Pinyin Scheme (客家話拼音方案) or Pinfa refers to a romanization scheme published by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in September 19601 as one of four systems collectively referred to as Guangdong Romanization. The scheme describes the Meixian dialect spoken in Meizhou, Guangdong, which is considered to be the prestige dialect of Hakka, and was later adapted for Gan and Xiang. This system utilizes the Latin alphabet with superscript numbers to represent tone.
The Hakka Pinyin Scheme (客家話拼音方案) or Pinfa refers to a romanization scheme published by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in September 1960 as one of four systems collectively referred to as Guangdong Romanization. The scheme describes the Meixian dialect spoken in Meizhou, Guangdong, which is considered to be the prestige dialect of Hakka, and was later adapted for Gan and Xiang. This system utilizes the Latin alphabet with superscript numbers to represent tone.
System
Letters
This system uses the Latin alphabet, excluding the letters and . It also adds the letter to represent [ɛ].
Initials
There are 20 initials used, in addition to the null initial which occurs when no consonant is in the initial position. These are shown below: The letter which follows the consonants , and , represents [ɨ] e.g. 資 zi 1 , 雌 ci 1 , 思 si 1 .
Finals
There are a total of 74 finals, shown below: In the instance where a final beginning with such as etc. without an initial consonant (null initial) the is replaced with , e.g. , , etc.
Tones
See also
Guangdong Romanization Hakka Chinese Meixian dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Hakka Pinyin System Hagfa Pinyim
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Further reading
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