Taiwanese Hangul (

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system for

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien ( , ), or simply Taiwanese, also known as Taigi ( zh, c=臺語, tl=Tâi-gí), Taiwanese Southern Min ( zh, c=臺灣閩南語, tl=Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí), Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively ...

(Taiwanese). Developed and promoted by Taiwanese linguist in 1987, it uses modified

Hangul letters The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

to represent spoken Taiwanese, and was later supported by Ang Ui-jin.台語文運動訪談暨史料彙編 Because both

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and Hangul are both written in the space of square boxes, unlike letters of the Latin alphabet, the use of Chinese-Hangul mixed writing is able to keep the spacing between the two scripts more consistent compared to Chinese-Latin mixed writing.

Letters

Initials

Vowels

Coda endings

Tone markings

Different use of Hangul between Taiwanese and Korean

Examples

'' Matthew 6:1''

References

External links

Taiwanese Hangul
{{Authority control Hangul Written Hokkien Writing systems introduced in 1987