Syllabic Patterns in MTL A MTL word, like each English word, can be - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Syllabic Patterns in MTL  A MTL word, like each English word, can be formed by only one syllable or several syllables . Each syllable in MTL follows either one of the two underlying patterns:  [Consonant] + [front nasal-sound] + vowel + [tone indicator] (e.g. svaf, sviu, chviu, chvuix)  [Consonant] + vowel + [tone indicator] + [rear nasal-sound] (e.g. goarn, larn, lirn)

Three Special Symbols  Apostrophe (‘)  ok’ix ( bad intention ), okix ( black mole )  Hyphen (-)  Taioaan-laang, Bykog-kongbiin  Back-quote (`)  kviaf`sie vs. kviaf sie

Long Tones  Basic tone: kaki  Hight tone: kw  Low-falling ton: pax  Shouting-out tone: goar  Curving tone: hii Papaf ciaq pafpar. B Q o hii, hee ma h Q r.

hoxsu: svix symmih? ciwsiefn: svix Liim. hoxsu: Liim symmih? ciwsiefn : lym k Q lioong Kvoax ti Q h si Q fciar  sviu ti Q h si Q zym

Short Tones  High stop – abruptly stopping at the high-pitch with tone indicators: h, p, t, and k  Low stop – abruptly stopping at the low-pitch with tone indicators: q, b, d, and g  id ji svaf six go lak chid poeq kao zap

Glottal stop (open puff of breath)  si Q q si Q hsi Q q i Q q  baq phaq piaq  zheq svaq tiq  ti Q h peh cih  ci Q h theh tuh  p Q h ciah liah

Bilabial stop  zap hap liap  cip lip jip  iab habhap liabliap  sib sipsib tab  siab siapsiab khib  ciab giab hib

Alveolar stop  kut cit’ee sit  kudkut cidee sidsit  tit tidtit itteng  bahkud id pid  ad kad khad  thud oad koad

Velar stop  siok lok tok  siogmih log’ar togsyn  og pog pok’hwn  oklaang phoksuxphog lak  hog Bykog jiog  hokkhix kokkaf imgak

A’Hio f ng khi x Hiongka r ng bo ea hvi w , hvi w cviaa pha f ng. 阿香 去 香港 , 買香 香 很 香 . 阿香 去 箱港 , 買箱 箱 很 箱 . Khi Q q bahkut’ar .

Web Sites  http://taigie.taioaan.org  http://taigie.taioaan.org/pdf  http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org  http://taioaan.org/wiki

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