Draft:Shidinn alphabet
Basic Shidinn alphabet[edit]
This is the basic Shidinn alphabet which is designed by Huang Quefei himself and confirmed in 2020.
The vowelled pronunciations are used where there's no semivowel and/or vowel letter after the consonant. The vowelless one is used when there's a vowel.
The usual letter names are just the vowelled pronunciations of the letters, with some exceptions (see notes). But to tell apart similar sounding letters, the full names are sometimes used.
| Serial number | Letter
(uppercase, lowercase, and "Middlecase") |
Pronunciations
("vowelled" one comes first) |
Latin transcription | Character Case | Full name | Allograph | Notes | English Equivalent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  b Ь |
/p˭o/ /p˭/ |
b(o) | 白 | ɤ- |
Ƽ (uppercase) | pop | |||
| 2 | P p ᕈ | /pʰo/ /pʰ/ |
p(o) | 尸 | Sɛ-P | pin | ||||
| 3 | M m M | /mo/ /m/ |
m(o) | 巾 | J8-M | mom | ||||
| 4 | W w W | /ʋo/ /ʋ/ |
w(o) | 山 | Sə-W | between
vase and waste |
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| 5 | J j J | /t͡ɕ˭i/ /t͡ɕ˭/ |
j(i) | 丁 | Di8-J | match | ||||
| 6 | Q q ꓷ | /t͡ɕʰi/ /t͡ɕʰ/ |
ch(i) | 中 | Zɜ-Q | aspirated match | ||||
| 7 | X x X | /ɕi/ /ɕ/ |
sh(i) | 力 | Lɛ-X | mash | ||||
| 8 | Y y ұ | multiple vowelled pronunciations, see notes /j/ |
y(i) | 丫 | Yɑ-Y | Multiple "vowelled" pronunciations exist: "yɛ" or "yɑ" are most common, but "ye" and "wɤ" are also used by some people. | yes | |||
| 9 |  n Г |
/ɲi/ /ɲ/ |
ny(i) | 几 | Jɛ- |
Г (uppercase) | piñata | |||
| 10 | Z z Z | /t͡s˭ɿ/ /t͡s˭/ |
tz(i) | 之 | Zɛ-Z | pits | ||||
| 11 | ㄛ ㄜ ㄜ | /t͡sʰɿ/ /t͡sʰ/ |
ts(i) | 才 | ㄛɤ-ㄛ | aspirated pits | ||||
| 12 | S s S | /sɿ/ /s/ |
s(i) | 乡 | Xɵ-S | sun | ||||
| 13 | R r R | /ɹɿ/ /ɹ/ |
r(i) | 尺 | ㄛɛ-R | run | ||||
| 14 | Ⱶ ꜓ Ⱶ | /nzɿ/ /nz~nǀ/ |
z/nz(i) | 卜 | o-Ⱶ |
 |
bronze | |||
| 15 | ᛲ ᛲ ㄫ | /ŋe/ /ŋ/ |
ng(ir) | 兀 | WⱯ-ᛲ | less common vowelled pronunciation: /ŋɯ/ | thing | |||
| 16 | L Ꙇ L | /ne/ /n/ |
n/l(ir) | 乙 | - | less common vowelled pronunciation: /nɯ/ | no | |||
| 17 | D d D | /t˭e/ /t˭/ |
d(e) | -{刀}- | - | take | ||||
| 18 | T t T | /tʰe/ /tʰ/ |
t(e) | -{七}- | - | distaste | ||||
| 19 | G ɡ Ƽ | /k˭e/ /k˭/ |
g(e) | -{马}- | - | coal | ||||
| 20 | K k K | /kʰe/ /kʰ/ |
k(e) | -{反}- | - | aspirated coal | ||||
| 21 | H h H | /xe/ /x/ |
kh/h(e) | -{九}- | - | loch (Scottish English only) | ||||
| 22 | 4 ꮞ 4[1] | /j̈e/ | '/gh(ie) | -{千}- | - | similar to a fast carry | ||||
| 23 | | /ŋu/ /ŋʷ/ |
ngu | -{夕}- | - | ngwenya | ||||
| 24 | | /nu/ /nʷ/ |
nu/lu | -{丩}- | - | similar to a fast nowhere | ||||
| 25 | | /tu/ /tʷ/ |
du | -{子}- | - | twenty | ||||
| 26 | | /tʰu/ /tʰʷ/ |
tu | -{亻}- | - | aspirated twenty | ||||
| 27 | | /ku/ /kʷ/ |
gu | -{万}- | - | quick | ||||
| 28 | | /kʰu/ /kʰʷ/ |
ku | -{亡}- | - | aspirated quick | ||||
| 29 | | /fʋ̩/ /f/ |
f(u) | -{下}- | - | foam | ||||
| 30 | [2] | /ʋʋ̩/ /u̯/或/ʷ/[3] |
u | -{午}- | - | water | ||||
| 31 | | /a/ | a | -{大}- | - | part | ||||
| 32 | | /o/ | o | -{口}- | - | poll | ||||
| 33 | | /e/ | e | -{巳}- | - | repel | ||||
| 34 | [4] | /ji/ /i/[5] |
i/yi | -{幺}- | - | eat | ||||
| 35 | [6] | /ɥy/ /u/[7] |
u/yu | -{女}- | - | pool | ||||
| 36 | | /æe/ | ai | -{廿}- | - | pipe | ||||
| 37 | | /ɐo/ | au | -{入}- | - | (without the glottal stop)
uh-oh |
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| 38 | | /əʊ/ | ou | -{厶}- | - | hope | ||||
| 39 | | /æ̃/ | aenn | -{又}- | - | ant | ||||
| 40 | | /ɐ̃/ | ann | -{日}- | - | un-do | ||||
| 41 | | /ẽɨ̃/ | enn | -{月}- | - | plane | ||||
| 42 | | /ə̃ʊ̃/ | onn | -{了}- | - | own | ||||
| 43 | | /eɪ/ | ei | -{人}- | - | paper | ||||
| 44 | | /ɯ/ | ir | -{一}- | - | unrounded
pool |
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| 45 | [8][9] | /j̈i/ /i̯/[10] |
i | -{工}- | - | leap |
- ^ 作部首时发音为或.
- ^ 在不规则音节中做韵母时发音规则和完全一致.
- ^ 在声母、、、、、、`后的发音为/y̯/. 要想在这些声母后发原本的/u̯/介音, 需要在声母和之间加一个分隔符, 如为/t͡ɕy̯a/, '为/t͡ɕu̯a/. 详见希顶标点中分隔符的用法.
- ^ 作部首时发音为.
- ^ 在声母、、、、、、后的发音为/ɹ̩/, 在声母、、、、、、后的发音为/ɻ̩/. 后的发音为/ɻ̩/. 要想在这些声母后发原本的/i/音, 需要在声母和之间加一个分隔符, 如为/t͡sɹ̩/, '为/t͡si/. 详见希顶标点中分隔符的用法.
- ^ 作部首时发音为.
- ^ 在声母、、、、、、`以及介音后的发音为/y/. 要想在这些声母后发原本的/u/音, 需要在声母（或）和之间加一个分隔符, 如为/t͡ɕy/, '为/t͡ɕu/；为/ty/, '为/ti̯u/. 详见希顶标点中分隔符的用法.
- ^ 作部首时发音为.
- ^ 在不规则音节中做韵母时发音规则和完全一致.
- ^ 在声母、、、、、、、、、、、、、后不发音. 要想在这些声母后发原本的音, 需要在声母和之间加一个分隔符, 如为/t͡sa/, '为/t͡si̯a/；为/t͡su/, '为/t͡sy/. 详见希顶标点中分隔符的用法.