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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:28:45 JST Adrianna Tan

   @revndm it's so very different from every other chinese language that people learn. i haven't often heard of anyone learning it outside of academia and being a heritage speaker. there's not much written content in it

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     Chunshek :HomestarRunning: (chunshek@prettyaweso.me)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:57:30 JST Chunshek :HomestarRunning:

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     @skinnylatte
     While there may not be much written literature in Teochew, there was plenty of written Hokkien, an adjacent language to Teochew, in the form of Pe̍h-ōe-jī (白話字).

     @revndm
     You might find it particularly interesting, since Pe̍h-ōe-jī was developed by Western missionaries in the 19th century to promote literacy in Southeast Asia. Taiwan's first newspaper, "Tâi-oân-hú-siâⁿ Kàu-hōe-pò" (Taiwan Prefecture City Church News), was published in Pe̍h-ōe-jī.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:57:30 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Chunshek :HomestarRunning:

     @chunshek @revndm yep, i'm learning to read / write taiwanese now ;) closest thing