Pe̍h-oē-jī

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Pe̍h-oē-jī is a Latin-based orthography used primarily to write Southern Min (especially Taiwanese Hokkien), developed by Western missionaries and widely used in education, religion, and linguistics.

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Pe̍h-oē-jī canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orthography
romanization system
alsoUsedForLanguage Amoy dialect
linked to: Amoy Hokkien

Hokkien
Teochew
associatedWithOrganization Anglican missionaries
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
competesWith Taiwanese Southern Min orthography Tâi-lô
developedBy Western missionaries
developedFor Christian missionary work
earliestDevelopment Amoy mission
hasAlternativeName Church Romanization
POJ
Taiwanese Romanization (traditional)
hasFeature indicates tone sandhi in some conventions
represents checked tones with final consonants
tone marking
use of diacritics
uses digraphs for certain consonants
uses hyphens to mark syllable boundaries
uses nasalization marker ‹ⁿ›
hasStandardizationStatus partially standardized in Taiwan
influenced Modern Taiwanese language education materials
Taiwanese Southern Min romanization systems
influencedBy Latin alphabet
missionary romanization traditions
notableUse Taiwanese dictionaries
Taiwanese hymnals
originatedInCentury 19th century
primaryLanguage Southern Min
Taiwanese Hokkien
usedFor Bible translation
education
language teaching
lexicography
linguistic research
religious texts
usedForScripture Taiwanese Romanized Bible
usedIn Fujian
Southeast Asia
Taiwan
usesDiacritics acute accent
circumflex
dot above right (o͘)
grave accent
macron
vertical line above (pe̍h)
usesScript Latin script
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemType Latin-based orthography

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Pe̍h-ōe-jī hasAlternativeName Pe̍h-oē-jī