John Van Nest Talmage

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John Van Nest Talmage was a 19th-century American missionary and linguist known for his influential work on the Amoy dialect and contributions to the development and promotion of the Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization system for Southern Min Chinese.

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instanceOf Christian missionary
Presbyterian missionary
human
linguist
activity Bible translation into Southern Min
preaching in Amoy dialect
birthDate 1819-08-18
birthPlace Somerville, New Jersey, United States
contributedTo standardization of Pe̍h-ōe-jī for Southern Min
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1892-08-19
denomination Reformed
educatedAt New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Rutgers University
era 19th century
familyName Talmage
fieldOfWork Chinese linguistics
Southern Min studies
missionary work
givenName John
hasGender male
helpedDevelop Pe̍h-ōe-jī orthographic conventions for Amoy dialect
influenced later Pe̍h-ōe-jī literature in Southern Min
subsequent Amoy dialect lexicography
knownFor contributions to Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanization
missionary work in Xiamen (Amoy)
work on the Amoy dialect
languageOfWorkOrName English
Mandarin Chinese
Southern Min
languageWorkedOn Amoy dialect of Southern Min
Chinese language
Southern Min Chinese
linked to: Teochew
memberOf Reformed Church in America
name John Van Nest Talmage
notableStudentOrColleague missionaries of the Amoy mission
notableWorkType dictionary
language textbooks
occupation linguist
missionary
placeOfDeath Xiamen, Fujian, China
linked to: Xiamen
publication "A Romanized Dictionary of the Formosan Vernacular"
"Tn̂g-oē Hoan-jī Chho͘-ha̍k" (Chinese language learning materials in Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
linked to: Pe̍h-ōe-jī
religion Christianity
usedWritingSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī
workedAsMissionaryIn Fujian Province, China
linked to: Fujian

Xiamen, Fujian, Qing China

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Pe̍h-ōe-jī notableContributor John Van Nest Talmage
John Van Nest Talmage name John Van Nest Talmage