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Office of École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) in Paris, France | |
| Parent institution | Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research |
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| Established | 20 January 1900; 125 years ago (1900-01-20) |
| Director | Nicolas Fiévé |
| Location | 22 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 ,,France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′52″N2°17′32″E / 48.86444°N 2.29222°E /48.86444; 2.29222 |
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| Website | efeo.fr |
| Transliteration of Chinese |
|---|
| Mandarin |
| Wu |
| Yue |
| Min |
| Gan |
| Hakka |
| Xiang |
| Polylectal |
| See also |
TheFrench School of the Far East (French:École Française d'Extrême-Orient,pronounced[ekɔlfʁɑ̃sɛːzdɛkstʁɛmɔʁjɑ̃]; also translated asThe French School of Asian Studies[1]), abbreviatedEFEO, is an associated college ofPSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded on 20 January 1900 with headquarters inHanoi in what was thenTonkin protectorate ofFrench Indochina. After the independence of Vietnam, its headquarters were transferred toPhnom Penh in 1957, and subsequently toParis in 1975.[2] Its main fields of research arearchaeology,philology and the study of modern Asian societies. Since 1907, the EFEO has been in charge of conservation work at the archeological site ofAngkor.[3]

Paul Mus was a member of EFEO since 1927, and "returned to Hanoi in 1927 as a secretary and librarian with the Research Institute of the French School of the Far East until 1940."[4]
Aromanization system forMandarin was developed by the EFEO. It shares a few similarities withWade-Giles andHanyu Pinyin. In modern times, it has been superseded by Hanyu Pinyin.
The differences between the three romanization systems are shown in the following table:
| IPA | EFEO | WG | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| p | p | p | b |
| pʰ | p' | p' | p |
| t | t | t | d |
| tʰ | t' | t' | t |
| k | k | k | g |
| kʰ | k' | k' | k |
| ts | ts | ts | z |
| tsʰ | ts' | ts' | c |
| tʂ | tch | ch | zh |
| tʂʰ | tch' | ch' | ch |
| tɕ | k/ts | ch | j |
| tɕʰ | k'/ts' | ch' | q |
| ɕ | s/h | hs | x |
| w | ou/w | w | w |
| j | i/y | y | y |
| ɤ | ö/é | o/ê | e |
| ɚ | eul | êrh | er |
| ɹ̩ | eu | û | i |
| ɻ̩ | e | ih | i |
| y | u | ü | ü/u |
| u | ou | u | u |
| ən | en | ên | en |
| əŋ | eng | êng | eng |
| ie | ie | ieh | ie |
| ioʊ | ieou/iou | iu | iu |
| iɛn | ien | ien | ian |
| uo | ouo | o/uo | o/uo |
| uaɪ | ouai | uai | uai |
| ueɪ | ouei | ui | ui |
| uan | ouan | uan | uan |
| uən | ouen | un | un |
| ye | iue | üeh | üe/ue |
| io | io | üe/ue | |
| yɛn | iuen | üan | üan/uan |
| yn | iun | ün | ün/un |
| iʊŋ | ioung | iung | iong |
The catalog of EFEO Publications, of some 600 titles, includes works on a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, etc.), centered on Asia, from India to Japan. These publications are directed at specialists and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies.[5]
The EFEO in publishes five scholarly journals on an annual or twice-yearly basis: