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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John Van Nest Talmage canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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