Peqoexji

Peqoexji (白話字 Pe̍h-ōe-jī) (POJ) si cidkhoarn iong Latin (Lømar) pheng'ym hexthorng laai siar Taioaan ee gwgieen ee subin bunji. In'ui tongzhof si thoankaux-su irn`jiblaai ee, sofie iaquxlaang ka POJ kiørzøx Kaohoe Lømafji (教會羅馬字 Church Romanization/Missionary Romanization), hegciar si kafnzhefng Template:X2. Putjikøx hiexntai ee swioxngciar bexciør mxsi kaotoo, kaotoo ma cinzøe bøexhiao POJ.

History

Orthography developed by Western missionaries in the 19th century and refined by missionaries working in Amoy and Tailaam
Uses a modified Latin alphabet and some diacritics to represent the spoken language
Became most widespread in Taiwan; in the mid-20th century there were over 100,000 people literate in POJ

Texts

Lai-goa-khøf Kharnho-hak: (The Principles and Practice of Nursing) a Taiwanese-language human nursing textbook (in POJ). First published in 1917, it is widely regarded as a first work on the subject in Taiwanese.

Comparison with MTL

POJ	MTL	Translation	Audio File
Sian-siⁿ kóng, ha̍k-seng tiām-tiām thiaⁿ.	Siensvy korng, hagsefng tiaxmtiam thviaf.	A teacher/master/sensei speaks, students quietly listen.	(Amoy accent)
Kin-á-jit hit-ê cha-bó͘ gín-á lâi góan tau khòaⁿ góa.	Kin'afjit hit'ee zabor-gyn'ar laai goarn-taw khvoax goar.	Today that girl came to my house to see me.
Thài-khong pêng-iú, lín-hó. Lín chia̍h-pá--bē? Ū-êng, to̍h lâi gún chia chē--ô͘!	Thaekhofng peng'iuo, lirn hør! Lirn ciaqpar`be? Uxeeng, tøh laai gurn ciaf ze`oq!	Everyone, what's up? Have you eaten yet? When you have the time, come on over to eat.	(Amoy accent)