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== Method ==
== Method ==
* 266 unique finals were found in the main entries of ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]''. First, a total of 35,859 TRS pre-[[sandhi]] syllables were collected from 20,123 rows of the dictionary and reduced to 2,080 unique syllables. Then, each syllable was broken into initial and final parts, and the finals were counted.
* 266 unique finals were found in the main entries of ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]''. First, 17,916 rows in the two main sections (starting with #1 & #50001) were considered. A total of 35,859 TRS pre-[[sandhi]] syllables were collected, then 2,080 unique syllables were counted. Then, each syllable was broken into initial and final parts, and the finals were counted.
** The top ten most frequent finals (across the headwords) are: {{xl|ar}}, {{xl|ie}}, {{xl|eeng}}, {{xl|ii}}, {{xl|ofng}}, {{xl|i}}, {{xl|efng}}, {{xl|ix}}, {{xl|o}}, {{xl|af}}. ''Ar'' was found 997 times, ''af'' 395 times.
** The top ten most frequent finals (across the headwords) are: {{xl|ar}}, {{xl|ie}}, {{xl|eeng}}, {{xl|ii}}, {{xl|ofng}}, {{xl|i}}, {{xl|efng}}, {{xl|ix}}, {{xl|o}}, {{xl|af}}. ''Ar'' was found 997 times, ''af'' 395 times.
** The ten least frequent, found only once or twice, are: {{xl|vaau}}, {{xl|vau}}, {{xl|voq}}, {{xl|vuix}}, {{xl|ob}}, {{xl|viao}}, {{xl|om}}, {{xl|oom}}, {{xl|oaxng}}, {{xl|oafng}}.  
** The ten least frequent, found only once or twice, are: {{xl|vaau}}, {{xl|vau}}, {{xl|voq}}, {{xl|vuix}}, {{xl|ob}}, {{xl|viao}}, {{xl|om}}, {{xl|oom}}, {{xl|oaxng}}, {{xl|oafng}}.  

Revision as of 00:04, 12 June 2018

A list of all finals in Taiwanese is presented in the following files using the MTL writing system. There are 65 unique finals (~400 if including tone) in total. Those that are uncommon are grayed out.

Method

See also