There have been several romanization systems for Min Nan Chinese since 19th century, which there have been some disagreements how to write some sounds. Currently, the most used system is Pe̍h-ōe-jī. Therefore, I've proposed another one that is meant to be used for writing of Min Nan Chinese (Amoy and Taiwanese Hokkien) that I think is more phonemic. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below. (romanization of Min Nan Chinese)
Bân-lâm-gú/閩南語拉丁字母
The
Min Nan Chinese latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
Initials
| p [p] |
b [b] |
ph [pʰ] |
m [m] |
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| t [t] |
th [tʰ] |
n [n] |
l [l] |
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| k [k] |
g [g] |
kh [kʰ] |
ng [nŋ] |
h [h] |
| z [ts] |
j [dz] |
c [tsʰ] |
s [s] |
y [j] |
| zi [tɕi] |
ji [dʑi] |
ci [tɕʰi] |
si [ɕi] |
w [w] |
| a [a] |
ap [ap] |
at [at] |
ak [ak] |
ah [aʔ] |
ã [ã] |
ai [ai] |
aĩ [aĩ] |
| au [au] |
am [am] |
e [e] |
en [ẽ] |
i [i] |
ien [ɪɛn] |
ing [iŋ] |
ik [ɪk] |
| ĩ [ĩ] |
ï [ɨ] |
ë [o/ə] |
o [ɔ] |
ok [ɔk] |
õ [ɔ̃] |
om [ɔm] |
ong [ɔŋ] |
| m [m̩] |
ng [ŋ̩] |
u [u] |
ua [ua] |
ue [ue] |
uai [uai] |
uan [uan] |
(i)ũ [(i)ũ] |
| 1 | Yin level | á |
| 2 | Yin rising | à |
| 3 | Yin departing | ǎ |
| 4 | Yin entering | â |
| 5 | Yang level | .á |
| 6 | Yang rising | .à |
| 7 | Yang departing | .ǎ |
| 8 | Yang entering | .â |
| 9 | High level | ā |
| 0 | Neutral tone | a |
| There would not be letters d, f, q, r, v. |
Text example
First article of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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