台湾語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
台	湾	語
たい Grade: 2	わん Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
臺灣語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

台湾(たいわん) (Taiwan, “Taiwan”) + 語(ご) (-go, “language”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいわんご [tàíwáńgó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iβ̞ã̠ŋɡo̞]

Noun

台(たい)湾(わん)語(ご) • (taiwango)

the Taiwanese language; Taiwanese Hokkien (one of the national languages of Taiwan; a Sinitic language that evolved from Hokkien)

See also

福(ふっ)建(けん)語(ご) (fukkengo)

References

^ “台湾語”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here