Ciangciw-oe

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

Notes

• Source of the southern accents: Tainan, Taichung, and esp. Yilan
  • In the early 20th century, Ciangciw-speaking Hoklo people were dominant in the south and perhaps the central plains as well (Davidson 1903).
• A major difference in tone sandhi compared to Zoanciw-oe: curving-up tone changes to basic tone, as opposed to low-falling tone
  • Thus, Taai + oaan = Taioaan
  • Modern Literal Taiwanese spelling follows the Ciangciw tone sandhi
• Ciangciw-oe is the source of the western terms Amoy (Ɛxmuii) and Quemoy (Kimmuii)
  • A distinguishing feature of the coastal speech (esp. Yilan) is the use of the vowel vui or ui in place of "ng": pvui (png, rice), muii (mngg, door)

SK

• open-mid front unrounded vowel (ɛ)
• Zoanciw-oe
• Exmngg-oe