Talk:Fangzcwngzgangj

RFV discussion: May–June 2022

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Fangzcwngzgangj

Zhuang.

@Justinrleung It's cool to have this entry (nine letters in a row with no identifiable vowel in sight!), but it will be way cooler and infinitely more authoritative and powerful if there were included the three cites (or one cite for poorly documented languages?) for this. Is this real? I did see that the government website for Fangchenggang has "FANGZCWNGZGANGJ SI MINZCUZ CUNGHGYAU SWVU VEIJYENZVEI" in the banner. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 14:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

The “letters” ⟨z⟩ and ⟨j⟩ replace the tone marks ² and ³, as seen also e.g. in lizsij for li²si³. Similarly, ⟨x⟩ stands for ⁴, ⟨q⟩ stands for ⁵, and ⟨h⟩ stands for ⁶; see bouxganqbingh = bou⁴gan⁵bing⁶. The letters replace earlier non-Latin marks;^[1] the new system does not create ambiguities because these letters cannot transcribe finals. As in Welsh orthography, the ⟨w⟩ represents a vowel, in this case the close back unrounded vowel /ɯ/. See also Ɯ on Wikipedia.  --Lambiam 16:19, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining that - it makes it much easier to parse. Theknightwho (talk) 18:50, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Cited. 沈澄心✉ 06:13, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 12:47, 10 June 2022 (UTC)