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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orthography
ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Church Romanization for Southern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | Western missionaries ⓘ |
| developedFor | Christian missionary work ⓘ |
| encodingStatus | supported in Unicode via Latin letters with diacritics ⓘ |
| fullName | Pe̍h-ōe-jī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Modern Taiwanese Hokkien orthographies
ⓘ
Taiwanese Romanization System (Tâi-lô) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Hokkien
ⓘ
Southern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| primaryUsageRegion | Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents |
finals and vowels of Southern Min
ⓘ
initial consonants of Southern Min ⓘ tones of Southern Min ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Fujian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiamen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.