Pe̍h-ōe-jī
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Pe̍h-ōe-jī, also known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, particularly Taiwanese and Amoy Hokkien. It is widely employed as one of the writing sys
Pe̍h-ōe-jī inscription at a church in Tainan (Tâi-lâm), commemorating Thomas Barclay
A sign over a chicken rice restaurant in Sanchong, Taiwan, reading Ke Bah Png with no diacritics or hyphens. It would be correctly written as ke-bah-pn̄g, or koe-bah-pn̄g in the local pronunciation.
an essay about software localization in Hàn-lô style published on a Taigi magazine. Note: The orthography of the Latin part is in Tâi-lô, similar to POJ.
Some books which use Pe̍h-ōe-jī, including textbooks, dictionaries, a bible, poetry, and academic works
Taiwanese kana
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Taiwanese kana is a katakana-based writing system that was used to write Taiwanese Hokkien when the island of Taiwan was under Japanese rule. It functioned as a phonetic guide to Chinese characters, m
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
…in the script, including Taiwan's first newspaper, the Taiwan Church News. During Japanese rule (1895–1945), the use of Pe̍h-ōe-jī was suppressed and Taiwanese kana encouraged; it faced further suppression during the martial law period (1947–1987). In Fujian, use declined after the establishment of the People's…
A page from the Japanese–Taiwanese Dictionary (日臺大辭典, Nittai daijiten) of 1907, by Ogawa Naoyoshi