Re: Representation of neutral tone in pinyin and bopomofo

2013-11-22 Thread Markus Scherer
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Markus Scherer wrote: > I think if you download > http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/browser/trunk/common/collation/zh.xml you > will find some comments about at least one set of tone marks. > (I am not currently in a space where I can do it for you.) > Finally got arou

Re: Representation of neutral tone in pinyin and bopomofo

2013-11-22 Thread Charlie Ruland ☘
Stephan Stiller wrote: [...] II. [Is it correct that:] in pinyin, the neutral tone is typically not marked, but it may be marked. When that's the case, U+02D9 ˙ DOT ABOVE is used. 1. No. In pinyin the neutral tone has traditionally never been marked (read: absence of a tone mark means "neutr

Re: Representation of neutral tone in pinyin and bopomofo

2013-11-22 Thread Stephan Stiller
Hi Eric, [We met at the UTC meeting.] I. Is it correct that: in bopomofo, the neutral (or light) tone is represented by U+02D9 ˙ DOT ABOVE, and in the text representation, that character follows the bopomofo characters of the syllable (just like all the other characters for tones) 1. Give