Squabbling over romanization systems for Taiwanese

Here’s a long piece that gives an idea of the fighting over romanization systems for Taiwanese (Minnan/Hoklo/Hokkien/ whatever you want to call it). In this case, the author is a backer of the Tongyong system for Taiwanese.

Lest people be confused, although several years ago Taiwan’s central government approved Tongyong Pinyin schemes for Mandarin and Hakka, it did not approve Tongyong for Taiwanese.

I don’t know enough about the particulars of the language to take a firm position on which romanization system would be best for Taiwanese, but I should probably make clear that I have an extremely low opinion of the tactics and rhetoric of many of the main backers of Tongyong Pinyin for Mandarin.

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