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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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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Rutgers University NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Talmage NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Chinese linguistics
Southern Min studies
missionary work
givenName John NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Southern Min NERFINISHED
languageWorkedOn Amoy dialect of Southern Min
Chinese language
Southern Min Chinese NERFINISHED
memberOf Reformed Church in America NERFINISHED
name John Van Nest Talmage NERFINISHED
notableStudentOrColleague missionaries of the Amoy mission
notableWorkType dictionary
language textbooks
occupation linguist
missionary
placeOfDeath Xiamen, Fujian, China NERFINISHED
publication "A Romanized Dictionary of the Formosan Vernacular" NERFINISHED
"Tn̂g-oē Hoan-jī Chho͘-ha̍k" (Chinese language learning materials in Pe̍h-ōe-jī) NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
usedWritingSystem Pe̍h-ōe-jī NERFINISHED
workedAsMissionaryIn Fujian Province, China NERFINISHED
Xiamen, Fujian, Qing China NERFINISHED

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Pe̍h-ōe-jī notableContributor John Van Nest Talmage