MLT and Phonetogram, for teaching Taiwanese Language

Learn to Talk in Taiwanese
Phonetogram*.for Taiwanese Voice with Conversation Practice
and Basic Taiwanese Expresioons

to EDUTECH

Basic Taiwanese Expressions to Remember	Indonesian Malay to Taiwanese
Taiwanese Textbook for Taiwanese Americans	Indonesian Tagalok to Taiwanese

Conversation Practice

(1) On Telephone	(2) On Visit	(3) In Restaurant	(4) Asking Road	(5) In Supermarket
(6) On Travel	(7) Asking for Job	(8) In Post Office	(9) In the Bank	(10) Other Occasions

TMSS:Taiwanese Modern Spelling System, Written Taiwanese with words in the dictionary
Alphabet of TMSS: .a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n.o.o.p.q.r.s.t.u.v.w.x.y.z
CRW (Church Romanized Writing) of Taiwanese: a classical phonetics for each Han (Chinese) ideogram in a word.
Phonetogram: Diagrammatic expression of Taiwanese phonetics, for Foreigners not in Taiwan
Fixed (unchanged) tone in a word: Each syllable has a fixed tone as specified in the TMSS.
Changed tone of the last syllable of word in a sentence: Tone of the last syllable in a word may change in accord with the relation with the followed word. This is like the phenomenon of "liaison" in French.
Special letters in TMSS: Letter "o" is pronounced like "o" in "demon". Letter "v" is a symbolic
character that demands sending breath to the nose cavity. This makes a Nasal Consonant.

Consonanz

TMSS	aspirated or unaspirated	Phonetogram
c k p t z	unaspirated (nonfricative, round) consonanz	c . k . p . t z
ch kh ph th zh	aspirated (fricative, sharp) consonanz	c . k . p . t z
b g h j l m n s	general consonanz (TMSS = Phonetogram)	b g h j l m n s

Vowels with tone (# = CRW tone number)

TMSS	unchanged tone	#	Phonetogram
la...le...li...lo...lo...lu...lam...lun...leng... loan..liang...m	Fundamental tone	No. 7	la....le....li....lo....lo....lu....lam....lun....leng.. loan....liang....!m
laa...lee...li...loo...loo...luu...laam..luun leeng...loaan....liaang... mm	Bend tone	No. 5	la^a....le^e....li^i.....lo^o....lo^o....lu^u....la^m... lu^n....le^ng....loa^n....lia^ng....!m^m
laf...lef...ly...lof...lof...lw...lafm...lwn... lefng...loafn...liafng...mf	Raised tone	No. 1	l^a....l^e....lⁱ....l^o....l^o....l^u....l^am....l^un....l^eng l^oan....l^iang....!^m
lar...lea...lie...lor...lor...luo...larm...lurn lerng..loarn...liarng...mr	Pushed-up tone	No. 2	l^a+....l^e+....lⁱ⁺....l^o+....l^o+....l^u+....l^am+....l^un+ l^eng+.... l^oan+....l^iang+....!^m+
lax...lex...lix...lox...lox...lux...laxm..luxn lexng..loaxn...liaxng...mx	Pushed-down tone	No. 3	l_a....l_e....l_i....l_o....l_o....l_u....l_am....l_un....l_eng... l_oan...l_iang...!_m
lah...leh...lih...loh...loh...luh...lap...lut... lek...loat...liak... mh	High-stop tone	No. 8	l^ah....l^eh....l^ih....l^oh....l^oh....l^uh....l^ap....l^ut l^ek....l^oat....l^iak...!^mh
laq...leq...liq...loq...loq...luq...lab...lud... leg...load...liag...mq	Low-stop tone	No. 4	l_aq....l_eq....l_iq....l_oq....l_oq....l_uq....l_ab....l_ud l_eg....l_oad....l_iag....!_mq

*Note: Phonetogram was invented by Professor Liim Keahioong for Westerners learning to speak Taiwanese.

Phonetogram for Taiwanese Voice by Liim Keahioong