[Ietf-languages] Fwd: Proposal for multiple variant language subtags for Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanizations for Minnan (nan)

[Winston Sung <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

These books were the historical schemes (evolution) for written Pe̍h-ōe-jī
and indeed each book uses a slightly different romanization.

Evolution of Pe̍h-ōe-jī, 1832–1934
Year Author Pe̍h-ōe-jī spellings comparison
[tɕ] [ts] [ŋ] [ŋ] [ɪɛn]/[ɛn] [iɛt̚] [ɪk] [iŋ] [ɔ] [◌ʰ]
1832 Medhurst ch *gn* *ëen* *ëet* ek eng *oe* *'h*
1853 Doty ch ng ian iat *iek* *ieng* o͘ *'*
1869 MacGowan *ts* ng *ien* *iet* ek eng o͘ h
1873 Douglas ch *ts* ng *ien* *iet* ek eng *ɵ͘* h
1894 Van Nest Talmage ch ng ian iat ek eng o͘ h
1911 Warnshuis & de Pree ch ng ian iat ek eng o͘ h
1913 Campbell ch *ts* ng ian iat ek eng o͘ h
1923 Barclay ch *ts* ng ian *iet* ek eng o͘ h
1934 Tipson ch ng ian iat ek eng o͘ h
(compared to the current standard)
(based on / derivated from Talmage 1894 version) *chi* ch ng ian iat ek eng
o͘ h

After some confirmation, it seems the 1894, 1911, 1934 versions used the
same romanization scheme.

For use cases, it is likely for the need to write the varieties
of Pe̍h-ōe-jī in the same page (e.g., for comparison).

Best regards,
SUNG Chien-chang (Winston Sung)