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Dialectal Vowels

Symbol r denotes dialectical vowels found in the regions of Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, and Hsinchu, which tend toward Zoanciw accent.

Dialectical vowels
Tâi-lô	IPA	Description	Example (MLT-based)	# Entries in DFT
ir	[ɨ]	close central unrounded vowel, between i and u	hɨi, hancɨi, lauxsɨf	56
er	[ə]	Schwa / mid central vowel	zhanləe, linsəfm	~90
ere	[əe]	Schwa + e (øe), exclusive to Samkiab	køef, khøef, tøe	83

additionally, or ([ɤ]) denotes Kaohsiung and Tainan realization of MLT ø
ee, the open-mid front unrounded vowel ([ɛ]), is not used in Taiwanese but found in Ciangciw Hokkien

tone markings:
- Tone 6: still found in Lukang accent. marked with the caron (ǎ/ě/ǐ/ǒ/ǔ)
- Tone 9: marked with the double acute accent (e.g. a̋, as in bua̋-kín, contraction of bøo-iaokirn; also a̋ng--âng-âng), appears in 16 entries