Editing Katakana (section)

=== Taiwanese ===
{{Main|Taiwanese kana}}

'''Taiwanese kana''' (タイ[[File:U+1AFF3.svg|15px]] ヲァヌ[[File:U+1AFF3.svg|15px]] ギイ[[File:Taiwanese kana normal tone 2.png|15px]] カア[[File:Taiwanese kana normal tone 2.png|15px]] ビェン[[File:U+1AFF3.svg|15px]]) is a katakana-based writing system once used to write [[Taiwanese Hokkien|Holo Taiwanese]], when [[Taiwan]] was [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|under Japanese rule]]. It functioned as a phonetic guide for [[Chinese characters]], much like furigana in Japanese or Zhùyīn fúhào in Chinese. There were similar systems for other languages in Taiwan as well, including [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]] and [[Formosan languages]].

Unlike Japanese or Ainu, Taiwanese kana are used similarly to the [[zhùyīn fúhào]] characters, with kana serving as initials, vowel medials and consonant finals, marked with tonal marks. A dot below the initial kana represents aspirated consonants, and チ, ツ, サ, セ, ソ, ウ and オ with a superpositional bar represent sounds found only in Taiwanese.