Zhou Youguang
Zhou Youguang (; 13 January 190614 January 2017), also known as
Chou Yu-kuang or
Chou Yao-ping, was a Chinese
economist, banker,
linguist,
sinologist,
Esperantist,
publisher, and
supercentenarian. He has been credited as the father of
pinyin, the most popular
romanization system for Chinese, which was adopted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1958, the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982, and the
United Nations (UN) in 1986.
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