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The Xi’an alphabet ( Xi'an: kẽxÌN(kyexiin) (Proper); literally script/alphabetic letter; ) is a writing system to write the Xi’an language.

The alphabet has over 200 "letters", symbols or glyphs. Each letter has more than one form (basic, block, corner). Kyexiin has also a hyphen, 'comma' (epentheses and pause), quotation and a period (full stop) mark. Proper nouns are also marked in the Xi’an script. There are a special glyph for vowel muting and a glyph equal to the ampersand (&).

Some glyphs can occur in different shapes or variants. Glyphs are grouped into blocks and form 'words'. The block format is always:

V, Vowel
VC, Vowel - Consonant
CV, Consonant - Vowel
CVC, Consonant - Vowel - Consonant

Therefore some words can be written differently. Xi’an tries to minimize the number of blocks.

It is important to note that pitch diacritics can fundamentally change the meaning of a word. It can be sometimes very tricky to distinguish these diacritics from each other.Template:RSI

Components

Vowels

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Pronunciation
A	a	á	à	[a]
Ā	A	Á	À	[ɑː] - long a - in father /fɑː.ðə*/
Â			%	[ʌ] in but /bʌt/, cut /kʌt/
O	o	ó	ò	[ɛ] in set /sɛt/, net /nɛt/, met /mɛt/
Ō	O	Ó	Ò	[ɛː] - long ɛ -
E	e	é	è	[i]
Ē	E	É	È	[iː] - long i - in spree /spɹiː/
I	i	í	ì	[o]
II	I	Í	Ì	[oː] - long o -
U	u	ú	ù	[u], in some cases /w/
Ū	U	Ú	Ù	[uː]

Consonants

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Pronunciation
P	p			[p]
K	k		K	[k]
T	t			[t]
S	s
H	h			[h]
M	m		M	[m] in him /ˈhɪm/, alt: /əm/
N	n		N	[n]
NG	g		G	[ŋ] in Song /sɒŋ/ alt: /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/ and singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
TH	þ		Þ	[θ] or [ð] n with /wɪð/, thin /ˈθɪn/
L	l		L	[l] in tell /tɛl/ or /tɛɫ/ , lit /ˈlɪt/ ; in dialect: [r]
R	r		R	[ɾ] or [r] in ital. 'rosa' /ˈrɔ.za/
THL	ð		Ð	[θ] + [l] = with love
X	x			[ʂ]
XY	X			[ʃ]
CH	ç			[ ͡ʈʂ]
KL	ļ			[kl]
KR	ŗ			[kɾ] or [kr]
Y	ĩ	j		[j] in PYU /pjuː/ , KYU /kjuː/, HYUN /hjuːn/, NYU /njuː/ or /nju/, mutant /ˈmjuːtənt/ or /ˈmjuʔn̩(t)/

Diphtongs

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Variant
AO	w	ẃ	ẁ
ĀO	W	Ẃ	Ẁ
OA	ő	ȯ	ŏ
ŌA	Ő	Ȯ	Ŏ
AI	y	ý	ỳ	å
ĀI	Y	Ý	Ỳ	Å
EA	ě	Ě	Ĕ	ĕ

U-Diphtongs

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner
UA	ä	â	ạ
UĀ	Ä	Â	Ạ
UO	ö	ô	ọ
UŌ	Ö	Ô	Ọ
VU	v	q
UE	ë	ê	ẹ
UĒ	Ë	Ê	Ẹ
UI	ï	î	ị
UII	Ï	Î	Ị
UAO	ẅ	ŵ	ẉ
UĀO	Ẅ	Ŵ	Ẉ
UOA	ø	œ	æ
UŌA	Ø	Œ	Æ
UAI	ÿ	ŷ	ỵ
UĀI	Ÿ	Ŷ	Ỵ
UEA		ùĕ

Y-Diphtongs

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Pronunciation
YA	ã	ā	ả	/ja/
YĀ	Ã	Ā	Ả	/ja:/
YO	õ	ō	ỏ	/jo/
YŌ	Õ	Ō	Ỏ	/jo:/
YU	ũ	ū	ủ	/ju/
YŪ	Ũ	Ū	Ủ	/ju:/
YE	ẽ	ē	ẻ	/yɛ/
YŪ	Ẽ	Ē	Ẻ	/yɛ:/
YI	ĩ	ī	ỉ	/ji/
YII	Ĩ	Ī		/jiː/
YAO	z	ź	ż
YĀO	Z	Ź	Ż
YOA	c	b	d
YŌA	C	B	D
YAI	ỹ	ȳ	ỷ	/jɑi/
YĀI	Ỹ	Ȳ	Ỷ	/jɑːi/
YEA		jĕ		/jɛɑ/

References

@@ Line 152: / Line 152: @@
 ! SRX || Basic         || Block         || Corner        || Pronunciation
 |-
-| YA  || {{Kyexiin|ã}} || {{Kyexiin|ā}} || {{Kyexiin|ả}} ||
+| YA  || {{Kyexiin|ã}} || {{Kyexiin|ā}} || {{Kyexiin|ả}} || {{IPA|/ja/}}
 |-
-| YĀ  || {{Kyexiin|Ã}} || {{Kyexiin|Ā}} || {{Kyexiin|Ả}} ||
+| YĀ  || {{Kyexiin|Ã}} || {{Kyexiin|Ā}} || {{Kyexiin|Ả}} || {{IPA|/ja:/}}
 |-
-| YO  || {{Kyexiin|õ}} || {{Kyexiin|ō}} || {{Kyexiin|ỏ}} ||
+| YO  || {{Kyexiin|õ}} || {{Kyexiin|ō}} || {{Kyexiin|ỏ}} || {{IPA|/jo/}}
 |-
-| YŌ  || {{Kyexiin|Õ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ō}} || {{Kyexiin|Ỏ}} ||
+| YŌ  || {{Kyexiin|Õ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ō}} || {{Kyexiin|Ỏ}} || {{IPA|/jo:/}}
 |-
-| YU  || {{Kyexiin|ũ}} || {{Kyexiin|ū}} || {{Kyexiin|ủ}} ||
+| YU  || {{Kyexiin|ũ}} || {{Kyexiin|ū}} || {{Kyexiin|ủ}} || {{IPA|/ju/}}
 |-
-| YŪ  || {{Kyexiin|Ũ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ū}} || {{Kyexiin|Ủ}} ||
+| YŪ  || {{Kyexiin|Ũ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ū}} || {{Kyexiin|Ủ}} || {{IPA|/ju:/}}
 |-
-| YE  || {{Kyexiin|ẽ}} || {{Kyexiin|ē}} || {{Kyexiin|ẻ}} ||
+| YE  || {{Kyexiin|ẽ}} || {{Kyexiin|ē}} || {{Kyexiin|ẻ}} || {{IPA|/yɛ/}}
 |-
-| YŪ  || {{Kyexiin|Ẽ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ē}} || {{Kyexiin|Ẻ}} ||
+| YŪ  || {{Kyexiin|Ẽ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ē}} || {{Kyexiin|Ẻ}} || {{IPA|/yɛ:/}}
 |-
-| YI  || {{Kyexiin|ĩ}} || {{Kyexiin|ī}} || {{Kyexiin|ỉ}} ||
+| YI  || {{Kyexiin|ĩ}} || {{Kyexiin|ī}} || {{Kyexiin|ỉ}} || {{IPA|/ji/}}
 |-
-| YII || {{Kyexiin|Ĩ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ī}} ||               ||
+| YII || {{Kyexiin|Ĩ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ī}} ||               || {{IPA|/jiː/}}
 |-
 | YAO || {{Kyexiin|z}} || {{Kyexiin|ź}} || {{Kyexiin|ż}} ||
@@ Line 180: / Line 180: @@
 | YŌA || {{Kyexiin|C}} || {{Kyexiin|B}} || {{Kyexiin|D}} ||
 |-
-| YAI || {{Kyexiin|ỹ}} || {{Kyexiin|ȳ}} || {{Kyexiin|ỷ}} ||
+| YAI || {{Kyexiin|ỹ}} || {{Kyexiin|ȳ}} || {{Kyexiin|ỷ}} || {{IPA|/jɑi/}}
 |-
-| YĀI || {{Kyexiin|Ỹ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ȳ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ỷ}} ||
+| YĀI || {{Kyexiin|Ỹ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ȳ}} || {{Kyexiin|Ỷ}} || {{IPA|/jɑːi/}}
 |-
-| YEA ||               || {{Kyexiin|jĕ}}||               ||
+| YEA ||               || {{Kyexiin|jĕ}}||               || {{IPA|/jɛɑ/}}
 |}

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Variant
AO	w	ẃ	ẁ
ĀO	W	Ẃ	Ẁ
OA	ő	ȯ	ŏ
ŌA	Ő	Ȯ	Ŏ
AI	y	ý	ỳ	å
ĀI	Y	Ý	Ỳ	Å
EA	ě	Ě	Ĕ	ĕ

SRX	Basic	Block	Corner	Variant
AO	w	ẃ	ẁ
ĀO	W	Ẃ	Ẁ
OA	ő	ȯ	ŏ
ŌA	Ő	Ȯ	Ŏ
AI	y	ý	ỳ	å
ĀI	Y	Ý	Ỳ	Å
EA	ě	Ě	Ĕ	ĕ