Article outline

• 1.Linguistic and orthographic background
  • 1.1Affiliation and location
  • 1.2Orthography development
  • 1.3Previous research
  • 1.4Typology
  • 1.5Consonants
  • 1.6Vowels
  • 1.7Word boundaries
  • 1.8Tone
    • 1.8.1Generalities
    • 1.8.2Downstep
    • 1.8.3Upstep
    • 1.8.4Contour tones
    • 1.8.5M insertion
    • 1.8.6L tone spread
    • 1.8.7H tone spread
    • 1.8.8Lexical tone
    • 1.8.9Grammatical tone
• 2.Literacy background
  • 2.1Literacy programs
  • 2.2Literature production
  • 2.3Pedagogical materials
    • 2.3.1Primer
    • 2.3.2Transition guide
• Notes