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Taiwanese kana

Taiwanese kana
Type
Syllabary with some features of an alphabet
Languages Taiwanese Hokkien
Time period
1896 - 1945
Parent systems
Sister systems
Hakka kana
Taiwanese kana
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 臺灣語假名
Simplified Chinese 台湾语假名
Japanese name
Kyūjitai 臺灣語假名
Shinjitai 台湾語仮名

Taiwanese kana (タイTaiwanese kana normal tone 5.pngヲァヌTaiwanese kana normal tone 5.pngギイTaiwanese kana normal tone 2.pngカアTaiwanese kana normal tone 2.pngビェンTaiwanese kana normal tone 5.png) is a katakana-based writing system that was used to write Taiwanese Hokkien (commonly called "Taiwanese") when the island of Taiwan was under Japanese rule. It functioned as a phonetic guide to hanzi, much like furigana in Japanese or Zhuyin fuhao in Chinese. There were similar systems for other languages in Taiwan as well, including Hakka and Formosan languages.


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