User:Taiwantaffy/Taiwanese comparison

There are a number of systems in existence for writing Southern Min languages of the Xiamen/Taiwan/Hokkien variety. By 1999 there were some 64 such systems for Taiwanese.^[1] Most are romanizations, but there are also other systems based on Zhuyin Fuhao or katakana, or inspired by Hangul.

Initials

Note that most of the romanizations do not distinguish between [ts] and [tɕ], or between [tsʰ] and [tɕʰ]. However, because these are allophones of each other in Taiwanese, no confusion arises as to what sound is meant in a particular syllable. Note also that Pumindian does not distinguish [l], [n], and [ʑ], rendering all three as <l>. This is not a problem in the Xiamen version of Southern Min where these three phonemes have merged into [l], but for Taiwanese Southern Min, either all three are distinct, or only [l] and [ʑ] have merged into [l], depending on the particular dialect.

IPA	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Tai-lo^[2]	Revised TLPA	Daighi tongiong pingim	Pumindian^[3]^[4]	MLT	TPS
b	b	b	b	bh	bb	b	ㆠ
p	p	p	p	b	b	p	ㄅ
pʰ	ph	ph	ph	p	p	ph	ㄆ
m	m	m	m	m	m	m	ㄇ
t	t	t	t	d	d	t	ㄉ
tʰ	th	th	th	t	t	th	ㄊ
n	n	n	n	n	l	n	ㄋ
l	l	l	l	l	l	l	ㄌ
g	g	g	g	gh	gg	g	ㆣ
k	k	k	k	g	g	k	ㄍ
kʰ	kh	kh	kh	k	k	kh	ㄎ
ŋ	ng	ng	ng	ng	gg	ng	ㄫ
h	h	h	h	h	h	h	ㄏ
ts	ch	ts	c	z	z	z	ㄗ
tɕ	ch	ts	c	z	z	z	ㄐ
tsʰ	chh	tsh	ch	c	c	zh	ㄘ
tɕʰ	chh	tsh	ch	c	c	zh	ㄑ
s	s	s	s	s	s	s	ㄙ
ʑ	j	j	j	r	l	j	ㆢ

Finals

For Modern Literal Taiwanese, the base form of the final is given, in the seventh tone (fourth tone for syllables ending with a stop).

IPA	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Tai-lo	Revised TLPA	Daighi tongiong pingim	Pumindian	MLT	TPS
a	a	a	a	a	a	a	ㄚ
aʔ	ah	ah	ah	ah	ah	aq/ah	ㄚㆷ
ai	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai	ㄞ
aiʔ	aih	aih	aih	aih	aih	aih	ㄞㆷ
ak	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak	ㄚㆶ
am	am	am	am	am	am	am	ㆰ
an	an	an	an	an	an	an	ㄢ
aŋ	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang	ㄤ
ap	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap	ㄚㆴ
at	at	at	at	at	at	at	ㄚㆵ
au	au	au	au				ㄠ
auʔ	auh						ㄠㆷ
	aⁿ						ㆯ
	ahⁿ						ㆩㆷ
	aiⁿ						ㆮ
	aihⁿ						ㆮㆷ
	auⁿ						ㆯ

auhⁿ e eh ek eng eⁿ ehⁿ i ia iah iak iam ian iang iap iat iau iauh ih

in io ioh iok iong

it iu iuh iⁿ iaⁿ iahⁿ iauⁿ iauhⁿ ihⁿ io͘ⁿ iuⁿ m mh ng ngh o oa oah oai

oan oang oat oe oeh oh ok

ong

oaⁿ oaiⁿ oaihⁿ oeⁿ oehⁿ o͘ o͘ⁿ o͘h o͘hⁿ u uh ui uih un ut uⁿ uiⁿ

Tones and nasalization

Tone number	IPA	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Tai-lo	Revised TLPA	Daighi tongiong pingim	Pumindian	MLT	TPS
1	a˥	a	a	a¹	a	ā	af	ㄚ
2	a˥˧	á	á	a²	à	ǎ	ar	ㄚˋ
3	˨˩	à	à	a³	â	à	ax	ㄚᒻ
4	aʔ˩	ah	ah	ah⁴	āh	āh	aq	ㄚㆷ
5	a˧˥	â	â	a⁵	ǎ	á	aa	ㄚˊ
7	a˧	ā	ā	a⁷	ā	â	a	ㄚ˫
8	aʔ˥	a̍h	a̍h	ah⁸	ah	áh	ah	ㄚㆷ̇

References

Notes

^ Iûⁿ & Tiuⁿ, Non-Character Transcription Systems.
^ Li, Tâi-uân-lô-má-jī phing-im tôo-kái, pp. 24–25.
^ Putonghua-Minnanyu Da Cidian, pp.
^ Lin, Minnanhua Jiaocheng, pp. 3–6.

Bibliography

Iûⁿ Ún-giân; Tiuⁿ Ha̍k-khiam (1999). "台灣福佬話非漢字拼音符號的回顧與分析 (Comparison and Analysis of non-Character Transcription Systems for Taiwanese Holo)" (in Chinese). Tainan: National Cheng Kung University. Retrieved 2009-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Lin Baoqing. Minnanhua Jiaocheng (Southern Min Textbook). Xiamen, Fujian: Xiamen University Press. ISBN 7-5615-0531-0.
Tseng Rui-cheng (2009). Taiwan Minnanyu Luomazi Pinyin Fang'an Shiyong Shouce (Practical Manual for the Taiwan Southern Min Romanization System) (PDF) (in Chinese). ROC Ministry of Education. ISBN 978-986-01-6637-8.

[Iunn-1] Iûⁿ & Tiuⁿ, Non-Character Transcription Systems.

[2] Li, Tâi-uân-lô-má-jī phing-im tôo-kái, pp. 24–25.

[3] Putonghua-Minnanyu Da Cidian, pp.

[4] Lin, Minnanhua Jiaocheng, pp. 3–6.

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