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).

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.

Harnji

  • 臺灣 (Taai oafn): The modern Harnji for "Taioaan". Note: 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.

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