POJ

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POJ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) is a Latin-based orthography widely used for writing the Southern Min (Hokkien) language, especially in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
POJ canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orthography ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Church Romanization for Southern Min ⓘ
developedBy Western missionaries ⓘ
developedFor Christian missionary work ⓘ
encodingStatus supported in Unicode via Latin letters with diacritics ⓘ
fullName Pe̍h-ōe-jī ⓘ
hasComponent special orthographic conventions for checked tones ⓘ
tone diacritics on vowels ⓘ
hasFeature diacritics ⓘ
hyphenation for compounds ⓘ
tone marks ⓘ
use of apostrophe for syllable boundaries ⓘ
use of nasalization marker -ⁿ ⓘ
use of superscript nasal n ⓘ
hasVariant Church Romanization ⓘ
influenced Modern Taiwanese Hokkien orthographies ⓘ
Taiwanese Romanization System (Tâi-lô) ⓘ
languageWritten Hokkien ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
originPeriod 19th century ⓘ
primaryUsageRegion Taiwan ⓘ
represents finals and vowels of Southern Min ⓘ
initial consonants of Southern Min ⓘ
tones of Southern Min ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
usageRegion Fujian ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
usedBy Taiwanese Hokkien language activists ⓘ
linguists studying Southern Min ⓘ
usedFor Bible translation ⓘ
dictionaries ⓘ
education ⓘ
grammars ⓘ
linguistic description of Southern Min ⓘ
literary works in Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
usedIn Taiwanese Hokkien hymnals ⓘ
Taiwanese Presbyterian Church publications ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

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