za-pron

Zhuang converter. Translates Standard Zhuang Latin orthography into IPA, Old Zhuang script, tone numbers, and hyphenation syllables.

Ported from Wiktionary Module:za-pron.

Usage

import { show, convert, isLatin } from "./za-pron";

show("mbanjcuengh");
// {
//   ipa:          "/ɓaːn˨˦.ɕɯŋ˧˩/",
//   toneNumbers:  "mbanj<sup>1</sup>cuengh<sup>2</sup>",
//   hyphenation:  ["mbanj", "cuengh"],
//   syllableCount: 2,
//   newBorNote:   null
// }

convert("mbanjcuengh", "IPA");       // "/ɓaːn˨˦.ɕɯŋ˧˩/"
convert("mbanjcuengh", "old");       // "mbanzƨcɯŋ"
convert("mbanjcuengh", "tone numbers"); // "mbanj<sup>1</sup>cuengh<sup>2</sup>"

isLatin("mbanjcuengh"); // "y"
isLatin("壮语");        // ""

API

show(text, newBor?)

Returns a PronInfo object with all representations at once.

| field | type | description | |---|---|---| | ipa | string | IPA transcription, wrapped in /…/ | | toneNumbers | string | Latin spelling with HTML <sup> tone digits | | hyphenation | string[] | One element per syllable | | syllableCount | number | Length of hyphenation | | newBorNote | string \| null | Set when newBor is provided |

convert(text, scheme, newBor?)

Returns a single string for the given scheme.
scheme is one of "IPA" · "old" · "hyphenation" · "tone numbers".
("hyphenation" joins syllables with -.)

isLatin(text)

Returns "y" for New Zhuang Latin, "" for Old Zhuang script or Han characters.

Tones

| # | letter | contour | label | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | (none) | ˨˦ 24 | 阴平 | | 2 | z | ˧˩ 31 | 阳平 | | 3 | j | ˥ 55 | 上声 | | 4 | x | ˦˨ 42 | 去声 | | 5 | q | ˧˥ 35 | 阴入 | | 6 | h | ˧ 33 | 阳入 |

Syllables ending in -p/-t/-k are tone 7; -b/-d/-g are tone 8.
Mandarin borrowings (newBor) shift tone 1 → tone 5.

Internals

text
 └─ segment()      →  Segment[]   greedy longest-match tokeniser
     └─ syllabify() →  Syllable[]  groups tokens into syllables
         └─ Za.convert()  →  string | string[]

All three are exported for testing.

References

• 壮文方案（修订案）https://www.ynmyw.cn/view/cnAppHtml/22/33/view/6460.html
• 在线学壮文 https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://www.gxmyw.com.cn/plus/list.php?tid=21