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==Harnji== | ==Harnji== | ||
*臺灣: The modern Harnji. Note: [[wikt:灣|灣]] is almost always ''oafn'' (high tone), except here. | *臺灣 (Taai oafn): The modern [[Harnji]] for "Taioaan". Note: [[wikt:灣|灣]] is almost always ''oafn'' (high tone), except here. | ||
*臺員/臺圓: Two other historical forms, which sound like ''Taixoaan'' in the northern accent, historically found in [[Zoanciw]], [[Hokkiexn]]. | *臺員/臺圓 (Taai oaan): Two other historical forms, which sound like ''Taixoaan'' in the northern accent, historically found in [[Zoanciw]], [[Hokkiexn]]. | ||
== SK e BC == | == SK e BC == | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 5 April 2014
Template:TTS2 (Taai+oaan; 臺灣/臺員/臺圓; Taiwan) si oar Thaepeng'viuu saihvoa ee tQfsu, kab Tiongkog cikafn keq cidtiaau Ozuykaw (Taioaan Haykiab). Y kQq hQxzoex Formosa, si axn Portugal-guo (Ilha) Formosa laai`ee, iesux si "Byle (TQr)". "Taioaan" si Sirayan origin (Tayuan/Tayoan).
File:Taioaan Textoo.jpg
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About 120 km east of coastal Fujian (Hokkiexn) and 500 km north of Luzon, Philippines.
Name Origin
The name "Taiwan" originated from the Sirayan language (Siraya-gie). The Austronesian language family to which Sirayan belongs includes most of the languages spoken in the western Pacific, including Polynesian, Indonesian, Filipino and Malaysian. The word "Tao" (pronounced Ta-o) means "person" or "people" in both the Tao language and all Philippine languages.
- http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=tao
- http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=tayo
- http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org/Taioaan%20Textoo.jpg
Harnji
- 臺灣 (Taai oafn): The modern Harnji for "Taioaan". Note: 灣 is almost always oafn (high tone), except here.
- 臺員/臺圓 (Taai oaan): Two other historical forms, which sound like Taixoaan in the northern accent, historically found in Zoanciw, Hokkiexn.