Taiwanese Modern Spelling System

Taiwanese Modern Spelling System (TMSS)

• In 1943, four classmates in Tainan Second Middle School (臺南州立臺南第二中學校, now National Tainan First Senior High School) started compiling Taiwanese words and assigning spellings for translating English sentences. A spelling rule for Taiwanese words in the Latin alphabet was later found and named the Taiwanese Modern Spelling System.
• Words in TMSS are based on the pronunciation given in the Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular by William Campbell, Tainan, 1913.
• TMSS was the foundation for Modern Literal Taiwanese

• Introduction to TMSS (Taiwanese Modern Spelling System) in English and in French
• Dr.K-H. Liim's Publication and the Promotion of Modern Literal Taiwanese