CIinese in Bevanagavi

1. IniliaIs
Finin l Finin l Finin l Finin l
I p d l
g I n n
I z c zI
cI j q J
s sI v x
I v
Nole In Finin, \cI\ and \zI\ ave nol aspivaled vevsions oJ \c\ and \z\ !!
\z\ is [ls] in IFA |aIveoIav aJJvicale). TIe snIoI oJ \l\ and \s\ ave conIined.
\c\ is an aspivaled vevsion oJ \z\, vepvesenled in IFA as [ls] . Since an aspivaled
vevsion oJ \s\ doesn'l exisl, lIe aIveoIav pIosive \l\ is ilseIJ aspivaled,
sonevIal IiIe [l] [s] . Hovevev, nosl Indians pvonounce as
anvas, so il's cIose lo [ls]
SiniIavI, \zI\ is [l] in IFA. Since [] covvesponds lo SansIvil , ve jusl pveJix
vilI lIe sound Jov [l]. \cI\ is lIe aspivaled vevsion oJ \zI\. Hence JoIIovs.
Again, nosl Indians lend lo pvonounce as .
TIe \x\ is exaclI [] |aIveo-paIalaI Jvicalive) vIicI is sane as as pev [3].
SiniIavI, lIe equivaIenls Jov \j\ , \q\, \sI\ laIen Jvon [3].
TIe veIav Jvicalive is 'jiIvaanuuIia', is laIen Jvon [2]. Sonelines, il's jusl
sinpIev lo use a visavga |
TIeve is no equivaIenl sound in SansIvil covvesponding lo \v\ |a voiced
velvoJIex Jvicalive). TIe cIosesl velvoJIex is and Ience an \v\ sound is
appended lo il.
TIe \\ and \v\ ave neveI ovlIogvapIic convenlions Jov \i\ and \u\ in
Finin. TIis covvesponds lo and vespecliveI in SansIvil.
2. FinaIs
Finin l Finin l Finin l Finin l
a o e ai
ei ao ou an
en ang eng ong /
ev i ia l io
ie iao l iu ian
in iang l ing u
ua l uo l uai l ui
uan
/
un / uang u, l
ue, e l iong
3. Tones
Quole Jvon [2]
VoveIs ave calegovized accovding lo lone as udalla |IigI-loned ov acule),
anudalla |Iov-loned ov non-acule), svavila |civcunJIexed ov noduIaled), ov
eIasvuli |nonolone). A civcunJIexed voveI is genevaII descviIed as
dvopping Jvon IigI lo Iov, and a sevies oJ sIIaIIes is nonolone iJ
devoid oJ veIalive dislinclion in lone.
Udalla |vaised lone, acule accenl) |no snIoI) . So I can useilseIJ
Anudalla |Iov lone, gvave accenl,)
Svavila |civcunJIex)
--` siniIav lo Tone 4 in CIinese , dvopping Jvon IigI lo Iov
Tone # Finin Bevanagavi Noles
1 n l udAlla is vaised lone in SansIvil, no snIoI is
used, so I slicI lo il
2 n l onI cIoice IeJl aJlev cIoosing aII venaining 4
lones
3 n l WiIipedia caIIs lIis as FaIIing-Bising ov Lov
Tone, so I cIose anudAlla
4 n l svavila is dvopping Jvon IigI lo Iov
5 na l In pinin ilseIJ, sonelines dol IeJove lIe sIIaIIe
is used, WiIipedia
4. ExanpIe
CIinese vevsion

Finin vevsion
Hanxu de nngcIng du ZInggu u din Iuznjng de vi. Wnen
lngsIu u Ynduxu, ijxu, Hanxu, v niu lngsIu u 7Iaxu,
Lunxu, gng niu lngsIu u Yngguxu, Miguxu. Hanxu
zIige nngcIng vnqun IiosI u-Mi xuzI du naxi jing cInIun de
gIo-guji de vnIua de zIng qngIan de laidu.
Bevanagavi vevsion
"lllll'll"l
l"l"ll'llll"lll"ll'lll"l
l"l"lll"ll"l
lllll
TvansIalion
TIe levn SinoIog cavvies a sIigIl ovevlone oJ disvespecl lovavds CIina. One
Ieavs oJ IndoIog, EgploIog and SinoIog, Iul nevev OvaecoIog ov
BonoIogIel aIone AngIoIog ov AnevicoIog. TIe levn SinoIog
epilonizes Euvopean and Anevican scIoIavs' palvonizing allilude lovavds lIe
cuIluve oJ lIose vuined ancienl enpives.
TIe JoIIoving sinpIiJied laIIe is Iased on BoponoJo
BoponoJo Nane Bevanagavi BoponoJo Nane Bevanagavi
I a
p o
n e
J eI | )
d ai
l ei
n au /
I ou
g an
I en
I ang
j eng
q ev
x i i, iI / i / l
zI in / in /
cI ing / ing /
sI u u / vu /
v un / ven /
z ong / veng /
c iu u, / u
s un / un
iong / ong
TIe \ev\ sound is a vocaIic B as pev [5]. A ZWNJ
OlIev sounds can Ie ve-conslvucled as JoIIovs
ue = iu eI = | xue = ")
ui = u ei = | dui = )
uo = u o = | guo = = l)
ian = i an = = l| dian = l)
ExanpIes
Hanxu de nngcIng du ZInggu u din Iuznjng de vi. Wnen
lngsIu u Ynduxu, ijxu, Hanxu, v niu lngsIu u 7Iaxu,
Lunxu, gng niu lngsIu u Yngguxu, Miguxu.
l"llllll| l'll
"l"l"l'llll"ll"l'l
ll"l"
BeJevences
[1] Illp//vvv.sludpond.con/pinin.aspx
[2] Vedic_Oood_n3235.pdJ
[3] ipa_sans.pdJ
[4] Illp//en.viIipedia.ovg/viIi/Fini
[5] Illp//en.viIipedia.ovg/viIi/B-coIoved_voveI#In_CIinese