Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet: Difference between revisions

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The Modern Literal Taiwanese alphabet consists of 27 letters: all the letters in the English alphabet, plus the Scandinavian ø.

Letter	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	Ø	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
Name	a	by	cy	ied	e	ef*	gi	hy	i	ji	ky	ly	my	ny	o	ø	py	kiuq	ar	sy	ty	u	viw	w	ex*	y	zef

18 initial consonants: p, ph, m, b, t, th, n, l, k, kh, h, g, c, ch, s, j, z, zh.
Five are aspirated consonants: ph, th, kh, ch, zh. The last one is called "zheq".
Most others are pronounced similar to original Latin or in general European languages

The initial consonants. s and j are "fricatives" (turbulent) when followed by i, otherwise non-fricative (e.g. si, ji vs. sef, jøee)

a, i, u, e, o, ø, m, ng

ABCD ee Koaf. Liim Keahioong Zokkheg (1986)

MLT alphabet	Aa \| Bb \| Cc \| Dd \| Ee \| Ff \| Gg \| Hh \| Ii \| Jj \| Kk \| Ll \| Mm \| Nn \| Oo \| Øø \| Pp \| Qq \| Rr \| Ss \| Tt \| Uu \| Vv \| Ww \| Xx \| Yy \| Zz

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 == Vowels ==
 [[File:A, i, u, e, o, ø, m, ng.mp3|thumb|none|a, i, u, e, o, ø, m, ng]]
-* The six simple vowels are '''a''', '''i''', '''u''', '''e''', '''o''', '''ø''', '''m''' and '''ng'''.
+* The simple vowels are '''a''', '''i''', '''u''', '''e''', '''o''', '''ø''', '''m''' and '''ng'''.
 * '''y''' and '''w''' are [[high tone]] of "i" and "u".
 * '''m''' and '''ng''' are vowels but can be consonants too: "m-", "-m", "-ng"