Taiwanese Hangul

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Taiwanese Hangul
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Chinese characters "臺語諺文" written in Taiwanese Hangul
Script type
Featural alphabet
Creator [zh] (first proposed)
Time period
since 1987
LanguagesTaiwanese Hokkien
Related scripts
Parent systems
Hangul
  • Taiwanese Hangul
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Taiwanese Hangul (Hangul: 대끼깐뿐; Chinese: 臺語諺文; pinyin: Táiyǔ Yànwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-gí Gān-bûn) is an orthography system for Taiwanese Hokkien (Taiwanese). Developed and promoted by Taiwanese linguist  [zh] in 1987, it uses a modified Hangul alphabets to represent spoken Taiwanese, and was later supported by Ang Ui-jin.[1][2] Because both Chinese characters 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[]

Bilabial Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar Glottal
Voiceless Voiced Voiceless Voiced Voiceless Voiced Voiceless Voiced Voiceless
Nasal [m]
ㄇ 毛 (mo͘ )
[n]
ㄋ 耐 (nāi)
[ŋ]
ㄫ 雅 (ngá)
Stop Unaspirated [p]
ㄅ 邊 (pian)
[b]
ㆠ 文 (bûn)
[t]
ㄉ 地 (tē)
[k]
ㄍ 求 (kiû)
[ɡ]
ㆣ 語 (gí)
Aspirated [pʰ]
ㄆ 波 (pho)
[tʰ]
ㄊ 他 (thaⁿ)
[kʰ]
ㄎ 去 (khì)
Affricate Unaspirated [ts]
ㄗ 曾
(tsan/chan)
[dz]
ㆡ 熱 (joa̍h)
[tɕ]
ㄐ 尖
(tsiam/chiam)
[dʑ]
ㆢ 入 (ji̍p)
Aspirated [tsʰ]
ㄘ 出
(tshut/chhut)
[tɕʰ]
ㄑ 手
(tshiú/chhiú)
Fricative [s]
ㄙ 衫 (saⁿ)
[ɕ]
ㄒ 寫 (siá)
[h]
ㄏ 喜 (hí)
Lateral [l]
ㄌ 柳 (liú)

Vowels[]

Monophthongs
Front Central Back
Simple Nasal Simple Simple Nasal
Close [i]
ㄧ 衣 (i)
[ĩ]
ㆪ 圓 (îⁿ)
[u]
ㄨ 污 (u)
[ũ]
ㆫ 張 (tiuⁿ)
Mid [e]
ㆤ 禮 (lé)
[ẽ]
ㆥ 生 (seⁿ)
[ə]
ㄜ 高 (ko)
[ɔ]
ㆦ 烏 ()
[ɔ̃]
ㆧ 翁 (oⁿ)
Open [a]
ㄚ 查 (cha)
[ã]
ㆩ 衫 (saⁿ)
Diphthongs & Triphthongs
Diphthongs [aɪ]
ㄞ (ai)
[aʊ]
ㄠ (au)
[ɪa]
ㄧㄚ (ia)
[ɪo]
ㄧㄜ (io)
[iu]
ㄧㄨ (iu)
[ua]
ㄨㄚ (oa)
[ue]
ㄨㆤ (oe)
[ui]
ㄨㄧ (ui)
Triphthongs [ɪaʊ]
ㄧㄠ (iau)
[uai]
ㄨㄞ (oai)

Coda endings[]

Bilabial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Nasal consonant [m]
ㆬ (-m)
[n]
ㄣ (-n)
[ŋ]
ㆭ (-ng)
Stop consonant [p̚]
ㆴ (-p)
[t̚]
ㆵ (-t)
[k̚]
ㆶ (-k)
[ʔ]
ㆷ (-h)

Tone markings[]

No. Hangul Latin diacritics Chinese tone name Examples
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