"Giân-gú" pán-pún chi-kan bô-kāng--ê tē-hng

'''ŌeGiân-gú''' (言語<ref>{{cite TJTST|title=言語|id=16426}}</ref>), he̍k-chiá '''gú-giân''' ('''gí-giân''', 語言), '''ōe-gí''' (話語)<ref name="Eng-Hā">{{cite book|title=Chinese English dictionary of Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy|last=Douglas|first=Carstairs|author-link=|publisher=|year=1873|page=108|ref=harv}}</ref> he̍k-chiá '''gí-giân''' / '''gú-giân''' (語言), a̍h-sī kán-tan kóng '''ōe''' (話){{sfn|Douglas|1873|p=}}, sī 1 thò tāi-piáu kap thoân-ta̍t ì-gī ê hē-thóng. ŌeGiân-gígú ū [[kiat-kò·kò͘]], pau-koat [[gí-hoat]], [[siaⁿ-ūn]]. ŌeGiân-gígú thàu-kòe [[hû-hō]] thoân-ta̍t; hû-hō ê mûi-kài pau-koat siaⁿ-im, chhiú-sè, piáu-chêng, chu-sè, bûn-jī...téng-téng.

ŌeGiân-gígú lêng-le̍k sī lâng siōng ki-pún ê hêng-ûi chi it. Lâng ê ōegiân-gígú chē-chē khoán; chóng--sī bô 1 thò goân-chek ū-hoat-tō·tō͘ khek-koan tēng-gī ōegiân-gígú chi-kan ê piⁿ-kài.