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The compound vowel øe is dialectal: generally e in the south (Køhioong) and oe in the north (Taipag), although in some words, it's the opposite. Examples:

Unified Spelling	Southern	Northern	Meaning
Template:X2	befbe	boefboe	to buy and sell
Template:X2	peq	poeq	eight
Template:X2	goeh	geq	month
Template:X2	boea	bea	tail

The verb øe (會^†; to be able to / to possibly / will) is shortened as just Template:X2 in most places.
- Examples: exhiao, extaxng, exsae.

Governor-General of Taiwan (1931-1932). "ōe (能)", in Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Taiwanese) 1. Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu]. p. 152.
Different Taiwanese Dialects and Derivative Vowels

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 == Notes ==
-*The compound vowel '''øe''' is dialectal: generally ''e'' in the south and ''oe'' in the north, although in some words, it's the opposite. Examples:
+*The compound vowel '''øe''' is dialectal: generally ''e'' in the south (Køhioong) and ''oe'' in the north (Taipag), although in some words, it's the opposite. Examples:
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