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::We could always note that the romanization system used is different. The issue with IPA is that the characters used in that system would require taking a basic course in linguistics. I don't expect most readers to pronounce the words correctly, considering it's not their native tongue. Non-native speakers won't be able pronounces ''Beijing'' correctly. Besides, I think the target audience would be more familiar with the pinyin system than Yale, considering that the former is already used in romanizing Chinese names and places... --[[User:神奇超龍|<font color="#2B547E">'''超龍'''</font>]]<sub><small>「'''[[User talk:神奇超龍|Chao]]'''」</small></sub> 08:26, 8 May 2014 (UTC) | ::We could always note that the romanization system used is different. The issue with IPA is that the characters used in that system would require taking a basic course in linguistics. I don't expect most readers to pronounce the words correctly, considering it's not their native tongue. Non-native speakers won't be able pronounces ''Beijing'' correctly. Besides, I think the target audience would be more familiar with the pinyin system than Yale, considering that the former is already used in romanizing Chinese names and places... --[[User:神奇超龍|<font color="#2B547E">'''超龍'''</font>]]<sub><small>「'''[[User talk:神奇超龍|Chao]]'''」</small></sub> 08:26, 8 May 2014 (UTC) | ||
:Who are in our target audience actually? Are we actually referring to the same group of people? I am referring to someone who speaks English and has no knowledge in IPA, Pinyin or Jyutping. Then Yale seems to be the easiest to guess. If we assume our audience knows bits and pieces of Pinyin and then still use Jyutping for Hongkongian names, there will be problems. I want to ask again, what is the purpose of this list? | |||
:# If this is to be some sort of an academic-worthy material to notate as accurate as possible, then we should use Pinyin, Jyutping and Wade-Giles for the three languages. | |||
:# If this is to be some sort of a fun-to-know only meant to let the English audience try to guess the pronunciations in these 3 languages, then we should probably use Yales to notate all 3. | |||
:# If this is to be some sort of linguistic comparison to be brought up to the international level, IPA will be the way to go. | |||
:-[[User:Iosue|Iosue]] ([[User talk:Iosue|talk]]) 09:08, 8 May 2014 (UTC) | |||