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 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-based script
ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bible societies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christian missions in East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fujian NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiamen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | missionary linguistic practice ⓘ |
| languageFamilyTarget | Sinitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageVarietyTarget | Southern Min dialect group ⓘ |
| orthographicType | phonemic orthography ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
Bible translation
ⓘ
evangelization ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| region |
East Asia
ⓘ
Southeast China NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan Strait area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor |
Hokkien
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Min NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ related Chinese dialects ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.