Shanghai Phonetic Alphabet
歪果仁请注意：这是上海音标的英文版。
WGR, please note: This is the English version of 上海音标.
Shanghai Phonetic Alphabet, referred to as SPA, is a set of solutions marked Shanghai dialect pinyin from a group of technicians from Zheyu. The city mayor Zhang Haihang, Zhepan University Qin Zhu, and Dai Yatong have tried extensively in various places."Repeated Test Not OK".
Written word
Written in the Ge'ez alphabet,In addition, there are regular script fonts with strokes.
Alphabet
Simplified version
"Shanghai Phonetic Alphabet" uses the Ge'ez alphabet, a total of 37 basic letters, some of which are only used to spell foreign words.The alphabet is as follows(Including Latin transcription):
ሀ ለ ሐ መ ሠ ረ：h l hh m sz r
ሰ ሸ ቀ ቐ በ ቨ：s sh q qh b v
ተ ቸ ኀ ነ ኘ አ：t c x n ny ∅
ከ ኸ ወ ዐ ዘ ዠ：k kx w ' z zh
የ ደ ዸ ጀ ገ ጘ：y d dd j g gg
ጠ ጨ ጰ ጸ ፀ ፈ ፐ：th ch ph ts tz f p
The corresponding IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is as follows:
h l ħ m θ r
s ʃ kʰ ɣ b v
t tʃ ɦ n ɲ ʔ
k x w ʕ z ʒ
j d ð dʒ g ŋ
tʰ tʃʰ pʰ tsʰ ts f p
The following seven letters are extended letters, mainly for the convenience of spelling dialects outside Shanghai.The extended alphabet is as follows(Including Latin transcription):
ⶠ ⶨ ⶰ ⶸ：ss cc zz cch
(ꬃ ꬋ ꬓ：tth ddh dz)
The corresponding IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is as follows:
ʂ ʈʂ ʐ ʈʂʰ
ʈ ɖ dz
Comprehensive Alphabet
Consonants
| Serial number | Letter shapes | Pronunciation | Chinese character font | Alphabet name | Shanghainese example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ሀ | /h/ | 凵 | kan-hau | |
| 2 | ለ | /l/ | 入 | zeh-le | |
| 3 | ሐ | /ħ/ | 巾 | hh | |
| 4 | መ | /m/ | 罒/四 | s-min & waon-min | |
| 5 | ሠ | /θ~ɬ/ | 山 | sz | |
| 6 | ረ | /r,ɹ/ | 厶 | r | |
| 7 | ሰ | /s/ | |||
| 8 | ሸ | /ʃ/ | |||
| 9 | ቀ | /kʰ/ | |||
| 10 | ቐ | /ɣ/ | |||
| 11 | በ | /b/ | |||
| 12 | ቨ | /v/ | |||
| 13 | ተ | /t/ | |||
| 14 | ቸ | /tʃ/ | |||
| 15 | ኀ | /ɦ/ | |||
| 16 | ነ | /n/ | |||
| 17 | ኘ | /ɲ/ | |||
| 18 | አ | /ʔ,∅/ | |||
| 19 | ከ | /k/ | |||
| 20 | ኸ | /x/ | |||
| 21 | ወ | /w/ | |||
| 22 | ዐ | /ʕ/ | |||
| 23 | ዘ | /z/ | |||
| 24 | ዠ | /ʒ/ | |||
| 25 | የ | /j/ | |||
| 26 | ደ | /d/ | |||
| 27 | ዸ | /ð~ɮ/ | |||
| 28 | ጀ | /dʒ/ | |||
| 29 | ገ | /g/ | |||
| 30 | ጘ | /ŋ/ | |||
| 31 | ጠ | /tʰ/ | |||
| 32 | ጨ | /tʃʰ/ | |||
| 33 | ጰ | /pʰ/ | |||
| 34 | ጸ | /tsʰ/ | |||
| 35 | ፀ | /ts/ | |||
| 36 | ፈ | /f/ | |||
| 37 | ፐ | /p/ |