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CharlieLei
CharlieLei

Reputation: 1

Can Mandarin pronunciation be coded by ARPABET phone set?

The code doesn't need to be exactly correct. A pronunciation in English can be used to represent a similar pronunciation in Chinese, e.g. /ʈ͡ʂ/ can use "CH" to represent.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 89

Answers (1)

Phil Freihofner
Phil Freihofner

Reputation: 7910

How close do you want to get?

ARPABET was designed for General American English.

You can compare the charts for consonants in the above article to a similar chart for Mandarin. It looks to me like there are some significant differences.

But I suspect a bigger issue is going to be that tonality is fundamental to vowel production in Mandarin.

Upvotes: 0

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