User:ZanderSchubert/Shanghai

This is a test to create the tables for Long-short (romanization).

Initials
* // is written "kn", //, // and // are written with a preceding apostrophe (such as ’n) and is not written if it is the only initial consonant. ’um, ’un and ’ung are used for //, // and // respectively.

// and // are both written as "y" and // is written as "w". //, // and // are otherwise considered as part of the initial.

The consonants s, z, ts and tsh are used become alveolo-palatal in the Shanghai dialect when they are written before "i". They always remain dental in the Suzhou dialect.