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| Rma script Rrmea bapa | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
| Creator | Wei Jiuqiao (Chinese:魏久乔) |
Period | 2017–present |
| Direction | Left to right, new line underneath |
| Languages | |
| Unicode | |
| proposed[1] (U+16140 - U+1617F) | |
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TheRma script (Northern Qiang:Rrmea bapa) is analphabet with someabugida-like features[2] devised for theQiang language, spoken inSichuan Province in the southwest ofChina. It was finalized in 2017 by scholarWei Jiuqiao.[3]
The script fits the phonology of the standardized language of theNorthern Qiang variety ofQugu, officially written with theRoman script using theQiang Phonetic Alphabet Scheme. Whereas Northern Qiang varieties havelength contrasts,Southern Qiang varieties have phonemictone contrasts; thus a version with tonal diacritics has also been produced, and has been used for the Southern Qiang variety of Luobuzhai (Chinese:萝卜寨;pinyin:Luóbozhài) inWenchuan County.[2] It has gained substantial recognition among theQiang people, and various books have been published in it.[3]
In 2022, a preliminary proposal was made to encode this system in the Universal Character Set of Unicode.[1]
The ordering of the consonants proceeds fromlabial stops tovelar stops and then to theaffricates; in this regard, its ordering is similar to theBopomofo system forStandard Chinese.
In contrast to trueabugidas, the consonant glyphs do not haveinherent vowels attached, and thus is closer to a truealphabet.
 b /p/ |  p /pʰ/ |  bb /b/ |  m /m/ |  f /f/ |  w /w/ |  wf /v/ |
 d /t/ |  t /tʰ/ |  dd /d/ |  n /n/ |  lh /ɬ/ |  l /l/ |  lr /lʴ/ |
 g /k/ |  k /kʰ/ |  gg /ɡ/ |  ng /ŋ/ |  h /h/ |  hh /ɣ/ | — |
 j /tɕ/ |  q /tɕʰ/ |  jj /dʑ/ |  x /ɕ/ |  xx /ʑ/ |  y /j/ | — |
 gv /q/ |  kv /qʰ/ |  v /χ/ |  vh /ɦ/ |  vv /ʁ/ | — | — |
 z /ts/ |  c /tsʰ/ |  zz /dz/ |  s /s/ |  ss /z/ | — | — |
 zh /tʂ/ |  ch /tʂʰ/ |  dh /dʐ/ |  sh /ʂ/ |  rr /ʐ/ | — | — |
The Rma script hasabugida-like features in its vowels, with its use of vowel diacritics around the consonant glyphs, and azero consonant character.
 a /a/ |  ae /æ/ |  ea /e/ |  u /u/ |  e /ə/ |  nn /◌̃/ |
 i /i/ |  ü /y/ |  o /o/ |  /ː/,/ʔ/ |  r /ʴ/ | — |
Note the use of the same glyph forvowel length marking and theglottal stop, inNorthern Qiang:agvei. It is also thevowel carrier glyph.[2]
The Rma script has its own punctuation,[2][3] including a special ligature for the Qiang people.[3] It was from this sign that the writing system was devised.[2]
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