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A feature of the Wade–Giles system is the representation of the [[aspirated consonant|unaspirated-aspirated]] [[stop consonant]] pairs using left apostrophes: ''p, pʻ, t, tʻ, k, kʻ, ch, chʻ''.
A feature of the Wade–Giles system is the representation of the [[aspirated consonant|unaspirated-aspirated]] [[stop consonant]] pairs using left apostrophes: ''p, pʻ, t, tʻ, k, kʻ, ch, chʻ''.
This leaves ''b'', ''d'', ''g'', and ''j'' available for the romanization of Chinese languages containing voiced consonants (see {{w|voice (phonetics)}}), such as [[Banlamgie|Southern Min]] whose century-old [[Peh-oe-ji]] (often called Missionary Romanization) is similar to Wade–Giles.
This leaves ''b'', ''d'', ''g'', and ''j'' available for the romanization of Chinese languages containing voiced consonants (see {{w|voice (phonetics)}}), such as [[Banlaam-guo|Southern Min]] whose century-old [[Peh-oe-ji]] (often called Missionary Romanization) is similar to Wade–Giles.
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