Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet

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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
  • Helper note (*): efhw and exkix.

Consonants

  • 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, otherwise non-fricative (e.g. si, ji vs. sef, jøee)

Vowels

  • Eight of the letters are always vowels: a, i, u, e, o, ø, y, w.
  • m and ng are vowels but can be consonants too: "m-", "-m", "-ng"

Song

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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