Rime / rhyme tables / charts
Language Log 2025-04-10
Summary:
In Chinese they are called yùntú 韻圖 / 韵图. These tools are vitally important in the development of Sinitic phonology, but barely known outside of sinological specialists, so — for the history of world phonology — it is worthwhile to introduce them to linguists in general. A rime table or rhyme table (simplified Chinese: 韵图; traditional […]