Can Teochew be written?
The first hurdle is that Teochew is primarily spoken, not written, and does not have a standard writing system. This is the case with most Chinese dialects. Almost all Teochews are bilingual in Standard Chinese, which they are taught in school to read and write.
When was Teochew created?
The Teochews originated from Chaozhou prefecture in China’s Guangdong province. The first Teochews who arrived in Singapore after 1819 were known to have come from the Riau islands of Indonesia, and Siam (now called Thailand).
Is Teochew and Hokkien similar?
Teochew is considered to a subbranch of Southern Min languages (min-nan 閩南）, otherwise also known as “Hokkien”. Teochew is generally considered to be a Hokkien dialect, with about 50\% mutual intelligibility with Amoy/Taiwanese Hokkien.
How many Teochew speakers are there in the world?
10 million people
The Teochew language (Chinese: 潮州話) is spoken by roughly 10 million people in Chaoshan and more than five million outside the Chinese mainland. Teochew cuisine is known for its distinctive sauces, seafood dishes, and stews.
Is Teochew a language or dialect?
Teochew is a member of Southern Min group, one of the divisions of spoken Chinese. Like other varieties of Chinese, there is dispute as to whether Teochew is a language or a dialect. Teochew is mutally intelligible with the other Min-nan languages, notably Xiamen dialect or Taiwanese.
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Is it possible to build a romanization of a language?
For most language pairs, building a usable romanization involves trade-offs between the two extremes. Pure transcriptions are generally not possible, as the source language usually contains sounds and distinctions not found in the target language, but which must be shown for the romanized form to be comprehensible.
What are the two methods of romanization?
Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, for representing the spoken word, and combinations of both. Transcription methods can be subdivided into phonemic transcription, which records the phonemes or units of semantic meaning in speech, and more strict phonetic transcription,…