Church Romanization

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Church Romanization is a Latin-based orthographic system historically used by Christian missionaries to write Southern Min (especially Taiwanese Hokkien) and related Chinese dialects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Church Romanization canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-based script ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ
associatedWith Bible societies ⓘ
Christian missions in East Asia ⓘ
Protestant missionaries ⓘ
basedOn Latin orthographic conventions ⓘ
developedBy Christian missionaries ⓘ
domain Sinology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
hasAlternativeUse linguistic description of Southern Min ⓘ
hasFeature representation of Southern Min phonology ⓘ
tone marking ⓘ
use of diacritics ⓘ
hasWritingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
historicallyUsedIn Amoy ⓘ
Fujian ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
Xiamen ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
influencedBy missionary linguistic practice ⓘ
languageFamilyTarget Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
languageVarietyTarget Southern Min dialect group ⓘ
orthographicType phonemic orthography ⓘ
primaryPurpose Bible translation ⓘ
evangelization ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
Southeast China ⓘ
linked to: southern China

Taiwan Strait area ⓘ
linked to: Taiwan Strait
represents consonant inventory of Southern Min ⓘ
tones of Southern Min ⓘ
vowel inventory of Southern Min ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
usedAlongside Chinese characters ⓘ
usedBy Christian missionaries in Southern Min–speaking regions ⓘ
usedFor catechisms ⓘ
hymnals ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
sermons ⓘ
translation of Christian texts into Southern Min ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemFor Hokkien ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
related Chinese dialects ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Pe̍h-ōe-jī → hasAlternativeName → Church Romanization ⓘ
Amoy Hokkien → usesRomanization → Church Romanization ⓘ
POJ → hasVariant → Church Romanization ⓘ
Pe̍h-oē-jī → hasAlternativeName → Church Romanization ⓘ