A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

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* ''v'', ''-m'', ''-n'', and ''-ng'' are mutually exclusive
* ''v'', ''-m'', ''-n'', and ''-ng'' are mutually exclusive


Also, we never find nasal initials with other nasals except when ''{{x|ng}}'' is the vowel:  
Also, we almost never find more than one nasal:  
* ''{{x|man}}'' and ''{{x|mang}}'' don't exist
* ''{{x|man}}'' and ''{{x|mang}}'' don't exist
* ''{{x|ban}}'' and ''{{x|bang}}'' do exist
* ''{{x|ban}}'' and ''{{x|bang}}'' do exist
* ''{{x|mng}}'', ''{{x|mngg}}'', ''{{x|nngf}}'', ''{{x|nng}}'', ''{{x|nngx}}'', ... do exist
* exceptions: ''{{x|mng}}'', ''{{x|mngg}}'', ''{{x|nngf}}'', ''{{x|nng}}'', ''{{x|nngx}}'', ''{{x|nngr}}'', ''{{x|nngg}}''


== Tone sandhi ==
== Tone sandhi ==
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