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Taioaan Lømafji Pheng'ym Hong'axn (臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案 Taiwanese Romanization System) (TRS: Tâi-uân Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn)

Dialectal Vowels

In TRS, r denotes dialectical vowels such as found in han-tsîr (hancii), (also in lauxsw), 螺 lêr in zhanlee. Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu tend toward Quanzhou pronunciation, and will be the dialect areas tending to use these vowels. Lukang also has 6th tone vowels (see Logkarng-khviw).

Dialectical vowels

Tâi-lô	IPA	Bopomofo	Description	Example
ir	ɨ	ㆨ	close central unrounded vowel, between i and u	hii, hancii, lauxsw
er	ə	ㄜ	Schwa / mid central vowel	zhanlee
ee	ɛ	ㄝ	open-mid front unrounded vowel, between a and e
ere	əe		Schwa + e, exclusive to Samkiab	hoefkef, zuykoef

See Also

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• Taioaan Banlamguo Siong'iong-Suu Sutiern