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Toward a Cross-Lingual Romanization Ecosystem for Sinitic Languages: A Paired Mandarin-Cantonese Case Study
AI InsightThe study proposes a unified cross-lingual romanization design framework for Sinitic languages, with a Mandarin-Cantonese paired case producing two romanization schemes. Compared to the previously fragmented romanization practices, this framework systematically aligns phonemic and historical-phonological correspondences, and provides digital infrastructure and an open-source workflow, offering a standardized basis for low-resource dialect NLP.Key TakeawayFirst systematic framework aligning romanization across Sinitic languages with open-source infrastructure.Why It MattersFills the gap in systematic cross-lingual romanization alignment, potentially improving interoperability of language resources and multilingual NLP for Sinitic languages.Who's Affected- ResearchersGain reusable design principles and paired romanization schemes for cross-lingual work.
- DevelopersOpen-source workflow may lower the cost of building romanization toolchains for multiple dialects.
- LinguistsHistorical-phonological correspondences are formalized, facilitating comparative studies.
What's NextWatch for open-source code, data, and tool releases, and for real-world NLP gains in Cantonese and other low-resource Sinitic varieties.Importance 45/100