六元音和九元音系统占优、前展及后圆元音占优、/ш/元音高频出现、最典型的元音系统为/a i u eoш/和/a i ueoшэε /,是现代台语最突出的四大元音类型特征;元音长短对立、阴阳入韵类相配、前响式复元音占优,是现代台语最显著的三大韵母结构特征.
The most prominent four features for Taiwanese vowel system are as below: a) being dominated by six-vowel and nine-vowel systems; b) being dominated by front-and-spread vowels, and back-and-rounded vowels; c) the vowel/ug having a high frequency; d) the/a i u e o ug and/a i u e o m o c o/being the most typical system. And its final syllable structures are featured by long vowels being opposite to short vowels, good match between rising tones and high-and-level tone in the finals of syllables, and front voiced diphthongs occupying a dominant part.