Ciangciw-oe

Ciangciw-oe ( Zhangzhou dialect) si Ciangciw laang ee bwguo, maxsi Banlamguo Høxlør-oe extea ee cidky gwgieen.

Notes

• Source of the southern accents of Taigie, esp. Gilaan and Taitiofng
  • In the early 20th century, Ciangciw-speaking Hoklo people were dominant in the south and perhaps the central plains as well (Davidson 1903).
• A number of pronunciation and lexical differences exist between the Taiwanese variants.
  • A major distinction of Ciangciw-oe is its tone sandhi, which changes the curving-up tone to basic tone, as opposed to low-falling tone as in Zoanciw-oe.
  • Thus, Ciangciw-oe speakers would render Taai 🔊 + oaan 🔊 as Taioaan 🔊.
• Ciangciw-oe is the source of the western terms Amoy ([e˨˩mui˧˥]) and Quemoy ([kim˧˧mui˧˥]).
• Another distinguishing feature of the coastal speech (esp. Gilaan) is the use of the vowel "vui" in place of "ng": png, pvui 🔊
• Modern Literal Taiwanese spelling follows the Ciangciw tone sandhi

SK

• Zoanciw-oe
• Exmngg-oe