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The Hokkien language (incl. Taiwanese) has two regularly used sets of numerals, a more ancient colloquial/vernacular or native Hokkien system and a literary system.. The more ancient vernacular numerals are the native numbers of Hokkien that trace back to Hokkien's origins itself, which is a Coastal Min language that spread southwest across the coast of Fujian from around the Min River.
Combined sound characters (合音字): As a result of a lack of consensus among writers regarding word use, some monosyllable Taiwanese Hokkien morphemes are still written with equivalent polysyllable phrases, for example 落去 (lueh), 佗位 (tueh), 昨昏 (tsa̋ng), 啥人 (siáng). However, some common homophonous characters have become ...
Taiwanese feet Metric US & Imperial Notes Taiwanese Hokkien Hakka Mandarin Character Exact Approx. Exact Approx. Hun: Fûn: Fēn: 分: 1 ⁄ 100 1 / 330 m: 3.030 mm 125 / 37,719 yd: 0.1193 in Same as Japanese Bu: Chhùn: Chhun: Cùn: 寸: 1 ⁄ 10 1 / 33 m: 3.030 cm 1250 / 37,719 yd: 1.193 in Taiwanese inch; Same ...
For counter word, the colloquial set of Hokkien numerals system is used with the exception of 1 and 2 when the number is greater than 10; for example, one should say cha̍p-it (十一) and jī-cha̍p-jī (二十二) for 11 and 22 instead of cha̍p-chi̍t (十蜀) and nn̄g-cha̍p-nn̄g (兩十兩) with no actual meaning.
The official romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (usually called "Taiwanese") in Taiwan is known as Tâi-uân Tâi-gí Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn, [I] [1] often shortened to Tâi-lô. It is derived from Pe̍h-ōe-jī and since 2006 has been one of the phonetic notation systems officially promoted by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. [2]
[2] In October 2008, a beta version of the dictionary was released. On 7 July 2011, the first approved edition of the dictionary was released. [2] [3] The dictionary is continuously updated by the Editorial Committee, and these updates are financially supported by the Ministry. [1] [3] On 5 July 2018, the dictionary received a major update. [3]
By 2001, Taiwanese languages such as Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and indigenous languages were taught in all Taiwanese schools. [ 85 ] [ failed verification ] [ dubious – discuss ] Since the 2000s, elementary school students are required to take a class in either Taiwanese, Hakka or aboriginal languages.
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (Taiwanese Hokkien: [pe˩ˀ o̯e̞˩ d͡ʑi˧] ⓘ, English approximation: / p eɪ w eɪ ˈ dʒ iː / pay-way-JEE; abbr. POJ; lit. ' vernacular writing '), sometimes known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, [2] particularly Taiwanese and Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing systems for Southern Min.