I came across this music video which features a pretty weird romanization system, I don't think I have seen before and I couldn't find any information on it (it is not listed on the list of romanization systems on Wikipedia). Any idea on what it is?
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Looks like a 闽南-台湾 system. Haven't seen it before.– user26742873Jul 24, 2021 at 3:56
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1It isn't Wade-Giles, though having some elements of it. It's most likely an arbitrary system invented by the transcriber of the karaoki video.– joehuaJul 24, 2021 at 5:28
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What is "romanization system", the word not in the dictionary. The song was sung by a Taiwanese singer.– r13Jul 24, 2021 at 11:56
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1See also: chinese.stackexchange.com/q/38585/22079. IMO it's just an ad-hoc Malay-based romanisation system.– 范阮煌Jul 24, 2021 at 13:49
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2@mika Thanks. I typed in "romanization", Dictionary.com returned the word (verb) "romanize". Looks like someone has made up the word, romanization, perceivably a noun.– r13Jul 24, 2021 at 15:21
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It's Hokkien Pinyin in Southeastern Asia. See Wikipedia for 东南亚福建话拼音.
