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page 1Writing systems introduced in the 1890s

Wade-Giles
thumb|300px|Map of the Taiwan Strait, featuring names using Wade–Giles in Taiwan versus those using pinyin in mainland China
Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Latin alphabet of the Jian'ou dialect of Min Bei Chinese.
Dania
phonetic transcription
Taiwanese kana
writing system for Taiwanese Hokkien based on katakana, used during the colonial era (1896–1945)
Palmer Method
teaching cursive and learning method
nyctography
thumb|right|Reconstructed nyctograph, with scale demonstrated by a 5 euro cent.
Nyctography (in Nyctography: ) is a form of substitution cipher writing created by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1891. It is written with a nyctograph (a device invented by Carroll) and uses a system of dots and strokes all based on a dot placed in the upper left corner. Using the Nyctograph, one could quickly jot down ideas or notes without the aid of light. Carroll invented the Nyctograph and Nyctography as he was often awakened during the night with thoughts that needed to be written down at once,
Romic alphabet
phonetic alphabet proposed by Henry Sweet