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'''Modern Literal Taiwanese''' (MLT), also known as '''Modern Taiwanese Language''' (MTL), {{GS|Hiexntai-buun|現代文}} (HTB; short for {{GSW|Hiexntai Bunsuhoad|現代文書法|}}), is a writing system in the [[Latin jixbør|Latin alphabet]] for [[Taiguo|Taiwanese]]. MLT is able to use the [[ASCII]] character set to indicate the proper variation of pitch without subsidiary scripts or diacritic symbols. See ''[[A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese]]'' to get started. | |||
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The stops ''h''/''q'', ''k''/''g'', ''p''/''b'' and ''t''/''d'' can appear as the last letter in a syllable, in which case they are pronounced as unreleased stops. (The final consonants ''h'' and ''q'' stand for a glottal stop of high and low tone, respectively.) | The stops ''h''/''q'', ''k''/''g'', ''p''/''b'' and ''t''/''d'' can appear as the last letter in a syllable, in which case they are pronounced as unreleased stops. (The final consonants ''h'' and ''q'' stand for a glottal stop of high and low tone, respectively.) | ||
Originally two special characters were used: the Greek {{w|nu (letter)}} and an [[o]] crossed by a backslash. To enable ASCII only typing, these were replaced with the Latin letter ''v'' and number ''0'', respectively. In modern computing environments, [[ø]] ("letter O with stroke") is used. | |||
===Tones=== | ===Tones=== | ||