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'''MTL Toolbox''' (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/info.html) is software and data to assist learning [[Modern Taiwanese Language]] (MTL).
'''MTL Toolbox''' (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/about.html) is software and data to help work with written Taiwanese using the [[MTL]] writing system and other romanizations for Taiwanese.


== Features ==
== Features ==
* Six Taiwanese dictionaries spanning from Japanese era to present day
* six Taiwanese dictionaries spanning from [[Taioaan Jidpurn-sitai|Japanese era]] to present day
* full-text search engine accepts written Taiwanese as well as English, and ''[[Harnji]]''
* full-text search engine accepts written Taiwanese as well as English, and ''[[Harnji]]''
* audio from latest [[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan|government-compiled dictionary]]
* audio from latest [[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan|government-compiled dictionary]]
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* ''Seven Tones'' soundboard: [[table of all MLT finals]] with examples
* ''Seven Tones'' soundboard: [[table of all MLT finals]] with examples


== Search engine ==
== How to search ==
* {{x|Zhøe}}: search multiple dictionaries at once
=== Typical usage ===
** Local copies of HTB, DFT, and MK converted from [[POJ]] and [[TL]] to MTL with annotations.
* typical word is two syllables [[tone sandhi|joined together]], for example:
** {{x|køefcie}}
* the Toolbox "unjoins" words by database lookup
* the results from historical works should be about the same as if searching:
** {{x|køea cie}}


* Supports external searches with conversion to POJ/TL:
* more examples:
** ''[[Tai-Nichi Daijiten]]'' — Taiwanese version (TJ)
** {{x|chviafmng}}
** ''[[Taibuun/Hoabuun Svoarterng Sutiern]]''
** {{x|tøsia}}
** {{x|Taioaan}}


Try monosyllable examples: {{x|lie}}, {{x|ky}}, {{x|køf}}
=== Monosyllable ===
* for a [[monosyllable]], exact matches are displayed by default, for example ([[Practical Taiwanese Conversation|PTC]]):
** {{x|goar}}
** {{x|lie}}
** {{x|ee}}
 
* to see more matching entries, click "Khahzøe"


== Data ==
== Data ==
Caches/forks of:
Local copies of:
* HTB: ''[[Hiexntai-buun Dictionary]]''
* HTB: ''[[Hiexntai-buun Dictionary]]''
* DFT: ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]''
* DFT: ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' (in [[TL]]. We added MTL annotations and annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables)
* MK: ''[[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]''
* MK: ''[[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]'' (in [[POJ]]. We added MTL annotations)
* EDUTECH: [[Liim Keahioong]] (2001-2003) ''EDUTECH: Taiwanese-English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling''. MLT, unified spellings (øe), no unjoined
* EDUTECH: [[Liim Keahioong]] (2001-2003) ''EDUTECH: Taiwanese-English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling'' (in [[MLT]] with [[Talk:Øe|unified spellings]] (øe))
* [[Bernard L.M. Embree|Embree, Bernard L. M.]] (1973). ''[[A Dictionary of Southern Min]]: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson''. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute.
* [[Bernard L.M. Embree|Embree, Bernard L. M.]] (1973). ''[[A Dictionary of Southern Min]]: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson''. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (in POJ. We added MLT annotations)
* Lim08: ''[[Tai-Nichi Daijiten]]'' translated into Taiwanese. (original 1931 & 1932, in [[Taioaan-guo kana|Taiwanese kana]]. Data in POJ. We added MLT annotations)
 
We also support searching other websites with conversion to POJ/TL:
* Lim (2019): ''[[Tai-Nichi Daijiten]]''
* ''[[Taibuun/Hoabuun Svoarterng Sutiern]]''


== Technical Notes ==
== Technical notes ==
* FTS4 full-text searches: [https://sqlite.org/fts3.html SQLite FTS3 and FTS4 Extensions]
* [[SQLite]]: [https://sqlite.org/fts3.html FTS4] for full-text search
* Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end. Similar to but not same as the {{w|wildcard character}} in [[zokgiap hexthorng|operating systems]] (normal wildcard search not currently supported by FTS)
* Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end. Similar to {{w|wildcard character}} in [[zokgiap hexthorng|operating systems]] (normal wildcard search not currently supported by FTS)
** Example: {{TE|Taioa*}}
** Example: {{x|Taioa*}}
* Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
* Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
** Example: {{dft|thj:頭*}} (you should see all DFT entries starting with this Harnji)
** Example: {{dft|thj:頭*}} (you should see all DFT entries starting with this Harnji)
* Add carat ^ before token to require token to be very first token in its column
** Example: {{x|^thaau}}


== See Also ==
== See also ==
* [[Taiwanese-English dictionaries]]
* [[Taiwanese-English dictionaries]]


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* The MTL Toolbox uses data from the ''[[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]'', which was generously released to the public under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License].
* The MTL Toolbox uses data from the ''[[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]'', which was generously released to the public under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License].


[[Category:POJ]]
[[Category:Peqoexji]]
[[Category:MTL]]
[[Category:Modern Literal Taiwanese]]
[[Category:Modern Taiwanese Language]]
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