Jyutping++: Romanization for Yue Varieties

Jyutping++

Jyutping++ is an extended Jyutping-based romanization proposal for Yue varieties. It aims to preserve compatibility with standard Jyutping while adding symbols and conventions needed for regional Yue phonological contrasts.

Contributions and Interests

• Discussed romanization design for Yue varieties beyond Hong Kong and Guangzhou Cantonese.
• Worked on tone-sandhi transcription solutions for Jyutping++.
• Considered how romanization choices affect dictionaries, input methods, corpus annotation, and search.
• Contributed to community discussions through Lingnaam Jyutjam Association.

Research Applications

Jyutping++ is relevant to dialect documentation, digital dictionary work, language-resource interoperability, and input-method design for Yue varieties.

Project Status: Ongoing development (2017 - Present)
Affiliation: Lingnaam Jyutjam Association
Website: jyutjam.org