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Matsu dialect

The Matsu dialect (Eastern Min: Mā-cū-uâ / 馬祖話) is the local dialect of Matsu Islands, Taiwan. Native speakers also call it Bàng-huâ (平話), meaning the language spoken in everyday life. It is recognised as one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in Lienchiang County, Taiwan.[6]

Matsu dialect

[mɑ˧˩ tsu˥ uɑ˩˧˩] / [paŋ˧˩ ŋuɑ˩˧˩]

Matsu Islands, Taiwan (as local language[4])[5]

One of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the Matsu Islands, Taiwan[6]

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The dialect is a subdialect of the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min. The Matsu dialect is quite similar to the Changle dialect, another subdialect of the Fuzhou dialect.

History[edit]

Previously the Eastern Min varieties in the Matsu Islands were seen as a part of general Fujian varieties. The establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 severed the Matsu Islands from the rest of Fujian province, and as communications were cut off between the Republic of China (now including Taiwan and without Mainland China) and the PRC, the identity of the Matsu Islands specifically became established. Additionally, the varieties of Eastern Min on the Matsu Islands became seen as a Matsu dialect.[7]

Liu, Chia-kuo; Li, Shih-te; Lin, Chin-yen; Chiu, Hsin-fu; Liu, Hung-wen; Chen, Kao-chih; Ho, Kuang-i; Yang, Ping-hsun; Chen, Pao-ming; Chen, Chih-hsu; Yang, Ya-hsin, eds. (2014). [Chronicle of Lienchiang County]. Lienchiang (Matsu): Government of Lienchiang County. ISBN 9789860435450.

連江縣志

(in Chinese) : Elementary school textbook in Matsu.

Fuzhou Dialect Textbook

(in Chinese)

Another elementary school textbook in Matsu

(in Chinese)

教師使用手冊下載 Teaching resources for elementary school teachers of the Matsu dialect

(in Chinese)

An Easy Learning Course

(in Chinese)

120 Basic Words and Phrases

(in Chinese)

Differences in common vocabulary between the Matsu dialect and the Fuzhou dialect

(in Chinese)

馬祖閩東語本字檢索系統 Mandarin-Matsu 'Original Character' Search System