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The Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet | The Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet consists of 27 letters: all the letters in the {{w|English alphabet}}, plus the Scandinavian [[ø]]. | ||
[[File:Taiwanese alphabet.mp3]] | [[File:Taiwanese alphabet.mp3]] | ||
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* Helper note (*): ''efhw'' and ''exkix''. | * Helper note (*): ''efhw'' and ''exkix''. | ||
== Consonants == | == 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 consonant]]s: ph, th, kh, ch, zh. The last one is called "{{x|zheq}}". | * Five are [[aspirated consonant]]s: '''ph, th, kh, ch, zh'''. The last one is called "{{x|zheq}}". | ||
* | * Most others are pronounced similar to original Latin or in general European languages | ||
[[File:py, phy, mi, bi, ty, thvy, ny, li, ky, khy, hy, gi, cy, chy, sy, ji, zef, zheq.mp3|thumb|none|The initial consonants]] | [[File:py, phy, mi, bi, ty, thvy, ny, li, ky, khy, hy, gi, cy, chy, sy, ji, zef, zheq.mp3|thumb|none|The initial consonants. '''s''' and '''j''' are "fricatives" (turbulent) when followed by ''i'' (IPA: [ɕ], [ʑ])]] | ||
[[File:Initial consonants_slow.mp3|thumb|none|All the consonants (slower), plus {{x|sw}} and {{x|juo}} (non- | [[File:Initial consonants_slow.mp3|thumb|none|All the consonants (slower), plus {{x|sw}} and {{x|juo}} (non-fricative)]] | ||
== Vowels == | == Vowels == |
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