Taiwanese i,y or u?

[jilang]

Hi

I've learnt from these forums that different Hokkien varients use i,u or y resulting in ty ly or ti li etc. Which one does Taiwanese use?

Also, is it correct to refer to Taiwanese as a type of Hokkien?

Thanks

~Jilang

[niuc]

From what I hear in tv programs, Taiwanese usually say ti/hi, only some tu/hu and rarely ty/hy.

[jilang]

So they use all 3, that's interesting. Is Taiwanese a type of Hokkien?

[Andrew]

It is a mixture of Amoy, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. I think Tainan is more Zhangzhou and Taibei is more Amoy.

[foshelan]

Well I'm a newbie here, and I have just chosen as my essay's topic the taiwanese Min.
I think everbody calls as "Taiwanese" or "Taiwanese language" because of the geographic categorizations, not a respecting view INSIDE of it. I think the so-called "Taiwanese" is but mainly represented by the Taiwanese Min languages.
Really, I do not want to provoke any political conflicts, but just in my personal point of view, Taiwanese is much more than the traditional Hokkien, which belongs to the Min Nan languages.

[jilang]

Thanks for that explanaintion, foshelan. So I guess taiwanese is called that when referring to the one that developed in Taiwan.

Taiwanese is much more than the traditional Hokkien, which belongs to the Min Nan languages.

What do you mean?\ when you say it's "more"?

[foshelan]

Well, the so-called "Taiwanese" is based on the geography, in Taiwan, people will speak several kinds of languages, not only the Min Nan series languages, is that right?
So I said it's "more than"one.

In fact it's just my own opinion, I don't think many will agree, XiXi