Taiguo
Taiguo 🔊 (MTLP: Taai+guo; 臺語/台語; spoken Taiwanese, Taioan'oe)
How do I say this?
- In Tailaam, Tvafkao, Taitiofng, people are inclined to say Taigie 🔊
- However, people in Taipag will lean toward saying Taiguo 🔊 (see Zoanciw-oe)
- Written Taiwanese is inclined to use Taiguo, which uses the literary reading of 語. This happens to coincide with Zoanciw-oe, even though Modern Literal Taiwanese follows Ciangciw-oe tone sandhi.
Etymology
It is said that the concept of Taiguo originated during the Japanese era, from Japanese: 台湾語