Bactieuan Quenminese (Division of Quenminese)

Bactieuan Quenminese
Tiếng Quến thuộc về Bắc Tiêu
Region	Majority in Northern, Western, and Southeastern Bactieu; Northern and Western Adelaidines
Ethnicity	Bactieuan Quenminese people
Language family	Quenic Quenminese Bactieuan Quenminese
Dialects	Bến Ngãi dialect Mỹ Bình dialect Hoi Tre dialect Palorauke dialect Northern-Western Adelaidine dialect
Official status
Official language in	File:Free Territory of Freedomland Flag.svg Bactieu and the Adelaidines
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Bactieuan Quenminese (Quenminese: Tiếng Quến thuộc về Bắc Tiêu) is a variety of the Quenminese language that is spoken within Bactieu and the Adelaidines. This division possesses five dialects that would mostly correspond to the country's five prefectures: Bến Ngãi, Mỹ Bình, Hoi Tre, Palorauke and Northern-Western Adelaidine.

Bactieuan Quenminese is mutually intelligble with the Quenminese spoken in the mainland, however it does present its differences. By obtaining loanwords from the Bactieuan, Paiwan, and Rukai as per Quenminese colonization since the 16th century, Bactieuan Quenminese is considered to be a unique variation by most Quenminese speakers.

Dialects

There are currently four dialects of Bactieuan Quenminese:

• Bến Ngãi dialect: spoken in the capital city of Bến Ngãi and its adjacent areas.
• Mỹ Bình dialect: spoken throughout the Mỹ Bình Prefecture. Possesses more loanwords from the Rukai language.
• Hoi Tre dialect: spoken in the Hoi Tre Prefecture.
• Palorauke dialect: Also called the Pá Rự dialect. Contains stronger influence from the Bactieuan language.
• Northern-Western Adelaidine dialect: spoken in the northern and western islands in the Adelaidine archipelago.

Vocabulary

Prior to Quenminese colonization of Bactieu during the Thiện Dynasty in the early 16th century, Bactieuan Quenminese has made contact with the languages of native Bactieuans, Paiwan and Rukai peoples. Consequently, the variety of Quenminese would gain loanwords from the three aforementioned languages, and bestow its subsequent uniqueness.

Below is a table of loanwords found in all dialects of Quenminese variety.

Common Loanwords

Bactieuan Quenminese	Meaning	Notes
di lã	Crazy, Mad, Nuts, Insane	From the Bactieuan word gila
ruá	Alcohol	Mutated from the Quenminese word rượu
lê lẳ	Tired	From the Bactieuan lelah
sẽ pe má tô	Motorcycle	Derived from the Bactieuan sepeda motor
sua chăp bài	To play cards/Playing cards	Derived from Quenminese sự and combined with Rukai prefix ta-
nã dứa	Pineapple(s)	From the Quenminese dứa and the Bactieuan nanas
ai	Hey!	From the Paiwan ai
ai ḍa	Ouch!	From the Paiwan ai ḍaḍa