Bbánlám Uē Pìngyīm Hōng'àn (), Bbánlám pìngyīm, Minnan pinyin or simply pingyim, is a
romanization system for
Hokkien Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan (m ...
, in particular the
Amoy (Xiamen) version
Version may refer to:
Computing
* Software version, a set of numbers that identify a unique evolution of a computer program
* VERSION (CONFIG.SYS directive), a configuration directive in FreeDOS
Music
* Cover version
* Dub version
* Remix
* '' ...
of this language. This alphabet was developed by
Xiamen University
Xiamen University (; Southern Min: ''Ē-mn̂g-toā-o̍h''), colloquially known as Xia Da (; Southern Min: ''Hā-tāi''), is a national public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic ex ...
.
Names
Various names are used such as Bbínpīn Hōngàn (), BbínPīn or BP (). It is commonly known as Pumindian () in Taiwan, named after the Mandarin-Southern Min Dictionary () where the system is used, but the formal Chinese name is Southern Min Language Spelling System ().
Alphabet
The BP alphabet adopts the
Latin alphabet of 20 letters, 5
digraphs and 5
diacritics to express the basic sounds of the
Min Nan language:
Notes
External links
Southern Min Dialect Spelling System
Romanization of Hokkien
Southern Min
Writing systems introduced in the 20th century
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