When you hear somebody
says a Taiwanese word, and want to write it down, you can use a few alphabetic
letters. In this case, you may use a few letters for simplicity.
Following letters
are those you may use, and the resultant word spelling is called the Simple
Spelling of Taiwanese word.
| Aa
=
Ee = Ii =
Oo = Uu [
Voice(
] |
| Bb=Cc=Gg=Hh=Jj=Kk=Ll=Mm=Nn=Pp=Ss=Tt=Zz
[
Voice
(] |
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Among these, A, E, I, O, and U,are the "simple vowels", which may construct
short-cut sounds as follows.
|
＜low cut＞ |
|
＜high cut＞ |
(
( |
aq,eq,iq,oq,oq,uq,
aiq,auq,iaq,ioq,iauq
oaq,oeq,oaiq,uiq |
(
( |
ah,eh,ih,oh,oh,uh
aih,auh,iah,ioh,iauh
oah,oeh,oaih,uih |
| ( |
ab, ib, iab |
( |
ap, ip, iap |
| ( |
ad, id, ied, oad, ud |
( |
at, it, iet, oat, ut |
| ( |
ag, eg, iog, og |
( |
ak, ek, iok, ok |
Small children may
use such simple spelling to read-write well known poems or introductory
textbooks. Since in such articles, the grammatical system is followed,
the resultant sentences are called MLTwith Simple Spelling, or shortly
"S-MLY". An example is given below: (Touch the voice symbol,
(
, to hear the recitation voice.)
| (>
"Taioan Si
Poto"
(>
Taioan zud tikoe,
Tikoe cinhociah,
Taioan zud
zakiah, Zakiah
cinhozeng,
Taioan zud
kaleng, Kaleng oe
kong oe,
Taioan zud
mipoe, Mipoe
kaq oe sio.
(>
Taioan zhud kincio, Kincio
cintoapi
Taioan zud
hanci, Hanci oe
ciki,
Taioan zud
toati, Toati
cinzoe baq,
Taioan zud
zui'aq, Zui'aq
cingauzau
(1>Taioan
zud tiennau, Tiennau, iongto koaq,
Taioan zud zaizoaq,
Zaizoaq tioh siosim,,
Taioan zud ngkim,
Ngkim u ketat,
Taioan zud luitat,
Luitat cin'obiau.
(>Taioan
zud poliau, Poliau
zo sakun,
Taioan zud hizun,
Hizun ki tohi,
Taioan zud moaci,
Moaci kui'toasng,
Taioan zud peqtng,
Peqtng cincia-ti.
(>Taioan
zud miti,
Miti bosng zo,
Taioan zud biko,
Biko u kiamcia,
Taioan zud tien'ia,
Tien'ia cinhokoa,
Taioan zud ciamsoa,
Ciamsoa tang poti.
(>Taioan
zud tiensi,
Tiensi, cietbok ho,
Taioan zud ciulo,
Ciulo u pangbi,
Taioan zud cimki,
Cimki bohiki,
Taioan zud lienhi
Lienhi liaqlai tai
(>Taioan
zud kihai, Kihai
lai citpo,
Taioan zud biso,
Biso tang zuzai,
Taioan zud cizai,
Cizai boeq poepng,
Taioan zud koe'nng,
Koe'nng koan kuita.
(>Taioan
zud zoata, Zoata
ho lang kia,
Taioan zud ciencia,
Ciencia zai supeng,
Taioan zud liuteng,
Liuteng oe kuihoe,
Taioan zud zaikoe,
Zaukoe gau kansi.
(>Taioan
zud (, Huiki cingau
poe,
Taioan zud kozoe,
Kozoe cingau
tan,
Taioan zud huitan,
Huitan cinlihai,
P(ailang m-ka lai.
Taioan hosozai,
Pailang m-ka lai |
Comparing those words with
the basic spelling in above tables, we can find:
(1)IN Taiwanese, thre are
also m and ng as the simple vowels, and complex vowels :仟i,oan,oe,eng,ong,io,ui,au,ia,iau,ien,iong,un,oa,iam,ang,
iu. The voices of all vowells
including these are:
| ( |
a, e, i, o, [o], u, m, ng |
| ( |
ai,au,ia,io,iu,iau,oa,ue,oai,ui |
(
( |
am,an,ang,eng,im,in,iam,
(ian,)ien,iong,ong,oan,un |
(2)The simple spelling does
not show fricative consonents and nasal consonents.
(3)The most important thing
in Taiwanese pronunciation is the specification of "tones". Difference
of tones is the central part of TMSS (Taiwanese Modern Spelling System).
We can say that the
MLT is constructed with words in true TMSS. While the S-MLT is the
MLt with SimplifiedSpellings.
The above poem in tru TMSS is
as the following:
| T00>
"Taioaan Si Poftor"
[in MLT/TMSS]]
T01>
Taioaan zhud tvikoea,
Tvikoea cinhofciah,
Taioaan zhud
zhakiah, Zhakiah
cinhofzheng,
Taioaan zhud
kaleng, Kaleng oe
kofng oe,
Taioaan zhud
miphoe, Miphoe
kaq oe siof.
T02>
Taioaan zhhud kinciof,
Kinciof cintoaxpii
Taioaan zhud
hancii, Hancii oe
cyky,
Taioaan zhud
toaxty, Toa┌xty
cinzoe baq,
Taioaan zhud
zuy'aq, Zuy'aq
cingauzao
T031>Taioaan
zhud tiexnnau, Tiennau, ioxngtoo khoaq,
Taioaan zhud zhaezhoaq,
Zhaezhoaq tioh siofsym,,
Taioaan zhud ngkym,
Ngkym u keatat,
Taioaan zhud luitat,
Luitat cin'orbiau.
T04>Taioaan
zhud porliau, Porliau
zox svakuun,
Taioaan zhud hizuun,
Hizuun khix thofhii,
Taioaan zhud moacii,
Moacii kui'toasngg,
Taioaan zhud peqthngg,
Peqtng cincviax-tvy.
T05>Taioaan
zhud mixthy,
Mixthy bosngx zhof,
Taioaan zhud bykof,
Bykof u kiamcviar,
Taioaan zhud tiexn'viar,
Tiexn'viar cinhofkhvoax,
Taioaan zhud ciamsvoax,
Ciamsvoax thang pofthvi.
T06>Taioaan
zhud tiexnsi,
Tiexnsi, cietbok hor,
Taioaan zhud cviulor,
Cviulor u phangbi,
Taioaan zhud cirmkhi,
Cirmkhi bohikii,
Taioaan zhud lienhii
Lienhii liaqlaai thaai
T07>Taioaan
zhud kihaai, Kihaai
laai citpox,
Taioaan
zhud bixsox,
Bixsox thang zwzhaix,
Taioaan
zhud cyzhaix,
Cyzhaix boeq phoeapng,
Taioaan
zhud koe'nng, Koe'nng
khoarn kuitvar.
T08>Taioaan
zhud zoatvar, Zoatvar
ho laang kviaf,
Taioaan
zhud ciernchiaf,
Ciernchiaf zaix supefng,
Taioaan
zhud liwtefng,
Liwtefng oe khuihoef,
Taioaan
zhud zhaekoef, Zhaekoef
gaau khansy.
T09>Taioaan
zhud huiky, Huiky
cingaau poef,
Taioaan zhud kofzhoef,
Kofzhoef cingaau
taan,
Taioaan zhud huitaan,
Huitaan cinlixhai,
Phvailang mxkvar laai.
Taioaan hor-sofzai,
Phvaylaang mxkvar laai |
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The
standard scheme of the simplification of the word spelling is given in
the followingtable:
|
in true TMSS |
simplified |
| consonant |
c, ch, cv,chv
g, gv
k, kh, kv, khv
p, ph, pv, phv
s, sv
t, th, tv, thv
z, zh, zv, zhv |
c
g
k
p
s
t
z |
| vowel |
af, ef, y, of, w
ar, ea, ie, or, uo
ax, ex, ix, ox, ux
aa, ee, ii, oo, uu
ae, ao, uie |
a, e, i, o, u
a, e, i, o, u
a, e, i, o, u
a, e, i, o, u
ai, au, ui |
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