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'''MTL Toolbox''' (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/) software and data to assist learning Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL) | '''MTL Toolbox''' (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/) is software and data to assist learning Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL) | ||
== Features == | == Features == | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 19 June 2022
MTL Toolbox (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/) is software and data to assist learning Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL)
Features
- full-text search engine accepts MTL, romanized Taiwanese, English, and Harnji
- audio links and other features to help learn Modern Literal Taiwanese (MLT)
- MTL Multisearch, MLT soundboard
MTL Multisearch
MTL Multisearch: search multiple dictionaries using MTL input.
Converts from MLT to POJ/TL for external searches, including:
Try monosyllable examples: lie, ky, køf
Data
Caches/forks of:
- HTB: Hiexntai-buun Dictionary
- DFT: Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan
- MK: Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary
- EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003) EDUTECH: Taiwanese-English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. MLT, unified spellings (øe), no unjoined
- Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute.
Technical Notes
- FTS4 full-text searches: SQLite FTS3 and FTS4 Extensions
- Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end
- Example: Taioa*
- Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
- Example: thj:頭* (you should see all entries starting with this Harnji)
See Also
Acknowledgements
- The MTL Toolbox uses data from the Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary, which was generously released to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.