Typst Package for Jyutcitzi

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Background

As a native Cantonese speaker, I found it inconvenient to repeat all the time when I have to teach others how to speak my language. I acquired Jyutping (粵拼) a couple of years ago. It’s a popular phonetic system for the Cantonese language. However, some of my fellow countrymen aren’t fond of this romanization scheme.

A soft “introduction” to “Introduction to Jyutcitzi”

Recently, I’ve heard of another phonetic system called Jyutcit (粵切). It’s basically a “cutting sound method” (切音法). Each syllable is “initial + final”. To compose a sound, we take two syllables, from which we keep

Jyutcitzi on Solarized Sublime Sekai

Typst Package for Jyutcitzi

Background

A soft “introduction” to “Introduction to Jyutcitzi”