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== Spellings == | == Spellings == | ||
Like American English, there are many accents in Taiwanese. Taiwanese phonological characteristics are derived from the Quanzhou (Tsuân-tsiu) and Zhangzhou (Tsiang-tsiu) (2 cities in Southern Fujian) vernaculars of Hokkien, and some dialects is similar to Quanzhou accent while others have more Zhangzhou's properties. Along with the unifying of accents, many people are spoken a so-called "Mainstream Accent" (Iu-sè-khiunn) which locates near the center of the accent spectrum. The accent shown | Like American English, there are many accents in Taiwanese. Taiwanese phonological characteristics are derived from the Quanzhou (Tsuân-tsiu) and Zhangzhou (Tsiang-tsiu) (2 cities in Southern Fujian) vernaculars of Hokkien, and some dialects is similar to Quanzhou accent while others have more Zhangzhou's properties. Along with the unifying of accents, many people are spoken a so-called "Mainstream Accent" (Iu-sè-khiunn) which locates near the center of the accent spectrum. The accent shown below is from the IPA shown in the Taiwanese Min Nan Romanization (TL)'s Handbook published by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. | ||
=== vowels === | === vowels === | ||
==== monophthong ==== | ==== monophthong ==== | ||
They are 6 monophthongs in Mainstream Taiwanese, while some accents have more, or have phonetic values different. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! TL !! English Approximation !! IPA !! Example !! Explanation | |||
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| a || "o" in "hot" || [a] || ta [ta˦˦] || dry | |||
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| e || "ay" in "hay" || [e] || ke [ke˦˦] || chicken | |||
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| i || "ey" in "key" || [i] || i [˦˦] || s/he | |||
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| o || "a" in "about", just a schwa || [ə] || to [tə˦˦] || knife | |||
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| oo || "or" in Received Pronunciation || [ɔ] || oo [˦˦] || dake | |||
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| u || "o" in "who" || khu [kʰu˦˦] || district | |||
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=== Onset consonants === | === Onset consonants === | ||