Yenware Taiwanese
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Pronunciation table
| Latin | a | v | e | i | y | k | l | m | n | ń | o | r | s | t | u | w | f | h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwanese | ㄚ | ㄪ | ㆤ | 一 | 一 | ㄍ | ㄌ | ㄇ/ㆬ | ㄋ/ㄣ | ㄫ/ㆭ | ㄛ | ㄭ | ㄙ | ㄉ | ㄨ | ㄨ | ㄈ | ㄏ |
| IPA | /a/ | /β/ | /e/ | /i/ | /j/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /w/ | /φ/ | /h/ |
- The letters of the alphabet are arranged in a modified Cyrillic order.
Consonants
| labial | dental | alveolar | palatal | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasals | voiceless | |||||
| voiced | m /m/ ~ /ɱ/1 ㄇ/ㆬ2 |
n /n/ ㄋ/ㄣ3 |
ń /ŋ/ ㄫ/ㆭ4 |
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| Stops | voiceless | t /t/ ㄉ |
k /k/ ㄍ |
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| voiced | ||||||
| Fricatives | voiceless | f /φ/ ㄈ |
s /s/ ㄙ |
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| voiced | v /β/ ㄪ |
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| Sonorants | voiceless | h /h/ ㄏ | ||||
| voiced | w /w/ ㄨ |
l /l/ ㄌ |
r /ɾ/ ㄭ5 |
y /j/ 一 |
Notes
- 1 /m/ becomes the labiodental /ɱ/ before the labiodentals /φ/ and /β/.
- 2 Used when <m> is the syllable coda.
- 3 Used when <n> is the syllable coda.
- 4 Used when <ń> is the syllable coda.
- 5 The voiced alveolar approximant <ㄭ> /ɹ/ is assigned the voiced alveolar tap /ɾ/.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ 一1 |
u /u/ ㄨ2 | |
| Close Mid | e /e/ ㆤ |
o /o/ ㄛ | |
| Open | a /ä/ ㄚ |
Notes
- 1 As there are no diphthongs in Yenware <一一> must be read as <yi> and not <ii>.
- 2 As there are no diphthongs in Yenware <ㄨㄨ > must be read as <wu> and not <uu>.
Example
- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
- Owe nuńwu wolo rile ok otu usa ve sańo yuń o sati yi.
- ㄨ一ㄋ ㄋㄨㆭㄨㄨ ㄨㄛㄌㄛ ㄭ一ㄌㆤ ㄛㄍ ㄛㄉㄨ ㄨㄙㄚ ㄪㆤ ㄙㄚㄫㄛ 一ㄨㆭ ㄛ ㄙㄚㄉ一 一一.
- They are endowed with reason and conscience
- Etu yuń o fuwi yuń ye sa yi
- ㆤㄉㄨ 一ㄨㆭ ㄛ ㄈㄨㄨ一 一ㄨㆭ 一ㆤ ㄙㄚ 一一
- and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
- o wa sońa weńwa wiva ve wasi ńom wila ve ńohita wafa.
- ㄛ ㄨㄚ ㄙㄛㄫㄚ ㄨㆤㄫㄨㄚ ㄨ一ㄪㄚ ㄪㆤ ㄨㄚㄙ一 ㄫㄛㆬ ㄨ一ㄌㄚ ㄪㆤ ㄫㄛㄏ一ㄉㄚ ㄨㄚㄈㄚ.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
