Taiguo
Template:Y (MTLP: Taai+guo; 臺語/台語; spoken Taiwanese, Taioan'oe)
Notes
- In Tailaam, Tvafkao, Taitiofng, people are inclined to say Taigie 🔊
- However, people in Taipag will lean toward saying Taiguo 🔊 (see Zoanciw-oe)
- Written Taiwanese is inclined to use Taiguo, which uses the literary reading of 語 (guo). This is Zoanciw-oe, even though Modern Literal Taiwanese follows Ciangciw-oe tone sandhi.
Etymology
- The concept of Taiguo originated during the Japanese era, from Jidguo: 台湾語 'Taiwan go'
- Prior to this development, Hokkien language was referred to as Hoklo or simply Chinese, as in James W. Davidson's The Island of Formosa and the works of William Campbell