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'''Literary readings''' ({{tts|bunthak}}) of [[Harnji]] are usually used in formal loan words or names, when reading aloud and in formal settings, while '''colloquial readings''' ({{tts|peqthak}}) are usually used in vernacular speech. For example, [[wikt:白|白]] can be read either "{{tts|pek}}" (literary) or "{{tts|peh}}" (colloquial). The existence of literary and colloquial readings is a prominent feature of some [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]] dialects and indeed in many Sinitic varieties in the south. | '''Literary readings''' ({{tts|bunthak}}) of [[Harnji]] are usually used in formal loan words or names, when reading aloud and in formal settings, while '''colloquial readings''' ({{tts|peqthak}}) are usually used in vernacular speech. For example, [[wikt:白|白]] can be read either "{{tts|pek}}" (literary) or "{{tts|peh}}" (colloquial). The existence of literary and colloquial readings is a prominent feature of some [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]] dialects and indeed in many Sinitic varieties in the south. [[Zoanciw]] Hokkien even has ''three'' different kinds of readings. The additional one is ''vulgar'' (俗 ''{{tts|siok}}''). For example, [[wikt:肉|肉]] (meat): | ||
*bunthak: ''{{tts|jiok}}'' | *bunthak: ''{{tts|jiok}}'' | ||