MTL Toolbox

MTL Toolbox is a set of scripts written in PHP that aid in understanding of Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL) and researching Taiwanese vocabulary (gwsuu).

Dictionaries

• Modern Taiwanese-English Dictionary [1] - a search engine for the Hiexntai-buun Dictionary. It accepts MTL, English and Harnji queries. Links to MTL Explainer, MoE audio, plus text-to-speech (TTS).
• Gateway to the Tw-Ch (Taihoa) Dictionary - converts an MTL word to a POJ word, searches the POJ Taibuun/Hoabuun Svoarterng Sutiern, and converts results from POJ to MTL. Also accepts Harnji for Taiwanese and Mandarin as search terms. Big5 encoding.

MTL learning tools

• MTL Multisearch [2] - (aka MTL Explainer) input an MTL word to search the HTB Dictionary, Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan, and link to Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary and Tai-Nichi Daijiten. Will also breakdown a word into syllables and a syllable into initial & final parts, describing each.
• POJ vs MTL Demonstrator
  • Converts a POJ UTF-8 word into POJ ASCII, MTLN, MTLP, and MTL formats.
  • Can decompose an MTL word in the reverse direction.
• MTL Text to Speech (TTS) 🔊 - simply paste an MTL sentence after the "q=" and listen right away!

MTL/POJ Conversion

• POJ to MTL Converter - converts POJ sentences (in UTF-8 encoding) to MTL.
• MTL to POJ Converter - converts MTL sentences to POJ in ASCII format.

See Also

• Taiwanese-English dictionaries

Acknowledgements

• The MTL Toolbox uses data from the Taiwanese-English Dictionary, published by the Maryknoll Language Service Center in 2001. They have generously released their dictionary to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.
• Speech synthesis is provided by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature.