A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

Line 3:

'''''Li<u>e</u> hø<u>r</u>!''''' [[Taioan'oe|Taiwanese]] is a beautiful and musical language spoken in [[Taioaan|Taiwan]] and by Taiwanese people around the world. This '''''Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese''''' will provide you with a brief introduction to the spoken language as well as a writing system called [[Modern Taiwanese Language]] (MTL).

Most speakers of Taiwanese ~~are not~~ aware that there ~~exist~~ several ~~ways to write it down~~. ~~MTL and [[Taiwanese Romanization System]] both derive from~~ ''[[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]'' (POJ), ~~which had over 100~~,~~000 users in~~ the ~~mid-20th century. While no single~~ system ~~has been widely adopted (whether romanized or in~~ [[~~Harnji|Han characters~~]]), MTL ~~is a~~ very useful ~~tool for learning~~ Taiwanese. ~~Most~~ Taiwanese speakers ~~may not~~ be able to read any of these systems but will understand you better because you ~~used it~~.

Most speakers of Taiwanese aren't aware that there are several writing systems for the language. ''[[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]'' (POJ), also known as Church Romanization, might be the most popular romanization, though the government is now promoting a similar system called [[TRS]]. We're going to use MTL here because we found it very useful while studying Taiwanese at the [[Washington DC Taiwanese School]], and we think it could help you too. True, most Taiwanese speakers won't be able to read any of these systems, but they will probably understand you better because you learned one.

== How to make a syllable ==

~~Here are the~~ three important parts of a syllable we will look at first: starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant. We will talk about tones later.

The three important parts of a syllable we will look at first are: starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant. We will talk about tones later.

=== Initial consonants ===

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 '''''Li<u>e</u> hø<u>r</u>!''''' [[Taioan'oe|Taiwanese]] is a beautiful and musical language spoken in [[Taioaan|Taiwan]] and by Taiwanese people around the world. This '''''Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese''''' will provide you with a brief introduction to the spoken language as well as a writing system called [[Modern Taiwanese Language]] (MTL).
-Most speakers of Taiwanese are not aware that there exist several ways to write it down. MTL and [[Taiwanese Romanization System]] both derive from ''[[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]'' (POJ), which had over 100,000 users in the mid-20th century. While no single system has been widely adopted (whether romanized or in [[Harnji|Han characters]]), MTL is a very useful tool for learning Taiwanese. Most Taiwanese speakers may not be able to read any of these systems but will understand you better because you used it.
+Most speakers of Taiwanese aren't aware that there are several writing systems for the language. ''[[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]'' (POJ), also known as Church Romanization, might be the most popular romanization, though the government is now promoting a similar system called [[TRS]]. We're going to use MTL here because we found it very useful while studying Taiwanese at the [[Washington DC Taiwanese School]], and we think it could help you too. True, most Taiwanese speakers won't be able to read any of these systems, but they will probably understand you better because you learned one.
 == How to make a syllable ==
-Here are the three important parts of a syllable we will look at first: starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant. We will talk about tones later.
+The three important parts of a syllable we will look at first are: starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant. We will talk about tones later.
 === Initial consonants ===

A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

Navigation menu

Search