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Chinese language Romanization

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Latinxua Sinwenz (拉丁化新文字; also known as "Sin Wenz", "Latinxua Sinwenz", "Zhongguo Latinxua Sin Wenz", "Beifangxua Latinxua Sin Wenz" or "Latinxua") is a little-used romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It was usually written without tones under the assumption that the proper tones could be understood from context.


Sin Wenz was developed in the 1920s by Qu Qiubai (1899-1935) in collaboration with two Russian linguists, V.S. Kolokolov (1896-1979) and A.A. Dragunov. The system was further improved in the early 1930s by the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.


The system was primarily used in the Soviet Union, though figures such as Lu Xun supported its use in China. Its use was not widespread. The system was opposed by the Kuomintang.


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Latinxua [Archive] - Chinese-forums.com (1256 words)
The writer Lu Xun and the erstwhile leader of the Communist Party Qu Qiubai were the best-known advocates of the system, which was seen at the time as a replacement for Chinese characters, part of the old culture that needed to be abandoned for the sake of progress.
Note that latinxua first introduced the use of c, z, ch and zh as they are used in hanyu pinyin, but q was not used.
The syllables ji, ju, qi, qu, etc. were represented by using g and k: gi, gy, ki, ky, etc. which is fair enough since the j and q sounds never occur with the same vowels as g and k.
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