Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:52, 24 February 2020

The Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet consists of 27 letters: all the letters in the English alphabet, plus the Scandinavian ø.

Letter	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	Ø	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
Name	a	by	cy	ied	e	ef*	gi	hy	i	ji	ky	ly	my	ny	o	ø	py	kiuq	ar	sy	ty	u	viw	w	ex*	y	zef

18 initial consonants: p, ph, m, b, t, th, n, l, k, kh, h, g, c, ch, s, j, z, zh.
Five are aspirated consonants: ph, th, kh, ch, zh. The last one is called "zheq".
Most others are pronounced similar to original Latin or in general European languages

The initial consonants. s and j are "fricatives" (turbulent) when followed by i (IPA: [ɕ], [ʑ])

All the consonants (slower), plus sw and juo (non-fricative)

Eight of the letters are always vowels: a, i, u, e, o, ø, y, w.
- y and w are high tone of "i" and "u"
- ie, uo, ea are shouting tones of "i", "u", and "e"
m and ng are vowels but can be consonants too: "m-", "-m", "-ng"

MLT alphabet	Aa \| Bb \| Cc \| Dd \| Ee \| Ff \| Gg \| Hh \| Ii \| Jj \| Kk \| Ll \| Mm \| Nn \| Oo \| Øø \| Pp \| Qq \| Rr \| Ss \| Tt \| Uu \| Vv \| Ww \| Xx \| Yy \| Zz

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 == Vowels ==
 * Eight of the letters are always vowels: '''a''', '''i''', '''u''', '''e''', '''o''', '''ø''', '''y''', '''w'''.
-** '''y''' and '''w''' are high tone of '''i''' and '''u'''
+** '''y''' and '''w''' are [[high tone]] of "i" and "u"
+** '''ie''', '''uo''', '''ea''' are [[shouting tone]]s of "i", "u", and "e"
 * '''m''' and '''ng''' are vowels but can be consonants too: "m-", "-m", "-ng"
 [[File:A, i, u, e, o, ø, m, ng.mp3]]