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Table 2 A summary of Ang’s 洪惟仁 (2003) survey on the realization variants of /dz/ with which college students most identify. The last row is the actual realization rates of young speakers from Ang 洪惟仁 (2003, 2012). CV+RX-N: syllables with a rounded vowel/glide but without a final nasal; CV-RX-N: syllables with an unrounded vowel/glide but without a final nasal; CV-RX+N: syllables with both an unrounded vowel/glide and a final nasal. Prod: production results from Ang 洪惟仁 (2003, 2012)

From: The effect of speaker gender and talker proficiency on the realization of Taiwan Min /dz/ among young speakers

 

Chiang

Chôan

Mix

Types

[z]/[dz] (%)

[l] (%)

[ɡ] (%)

[z]/[dz] (%)

[l] (%)

[ɡ] (%)

[z]/[dz] (%)

[l] (%)

[ɡ] (%)

CV+RX-N

48

52

33

67

47

53

CV-RX-N

39

51

11

31

66

3

37

50

14

CV-RX+N

47

48

5

37

58

5

40

53

7

Average

45

50

8

34

64

4

41

52

11

Prod.

26

73

3

4

97

0