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Cross-Linguistic Transcription and Phonological Representation in the Hu\`it\'onggu\v{a}nx\`i Hu\'ay\'iy\`iy\v{u}

Ji-eun Kim

The Huìtóngguǎnxi Huáyíyìyǔ used Chinese characters as a flexible phonetic approximation system for non-Chinese languages rather than imposing native phonology directly.

arxiv:2605.14480 v1 · 2026-05-14 · cs.CL

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HHY therefore functioned as a relatively systematic method of phonetic approximation rather than a direct projection of Chinese phonology onto non-Chinese languages.

C2weakest assumption

That the observed cross-linguistic regularities in the digitized alignments reflect deliberate design choices by the original compilers rather than later interpretive patterns or sampling artifacts.

C3one line summary

HHY functions as a coherent phonetic approximation system in which main transcriptions fit Chinese syllable structure while supplementary transcriptions capture incompatible features, rather than directly projecting Chinese phonology onto foreign languages.

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[1] Ernest Leroux, Paris Calabrese A, Wetzels WL (2009) Loan Phonology 1906

[2] In: Kuwabara Hakase kanreki kinen Tōyōshi ronshū 1931

[3] Social Networks and the Labor Market , booktitle = 2019

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arxiv: 2605.14480 · arxiv_version: 2605.14480v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.14480 · pith_short_12: PWX62S3XE2KN · pith_short_16: PWX62S3XE2KN2MJ2 · pith_short_8: PWX62S3X

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