Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan/Frequency of syllables: Difference between revisions

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=== Method ===
=== Method ===
A frequency analysis was performed on the readings of headwords of the ''Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan'' (as found in ''[[MoeDict]]''). All sections were used except Japanese loanwords and idioms. A total count of 37,678 syllables yielded 2,128 distinct syllables.
A frequency analysis or syllable inventory was performed on the readings of headwords as found in ''[[MoeDict]]''. All sections were used except Japanese loanwords and idioms. A total count of 37,678 syllables yielded 2,128 distinct syllables (including tonal distinctions).


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:19, 23 February 2024

The syllables in the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan were counted in terms of Chinese characters (Harnji) and TL.

Top 100 most frequent, as Harnji-reading pairs

[仔, ar ], [頭, thaau ], [人, laang ], [無, bøo ], [水, zuie ], [手, chiuo ], [大, toa ], [心, sym ], [跤, khaf ], [公, kofng ], [食, ciah ], [面, bin ], [喙, zhuix ], [風, hofng ], [菜, zhaix ], [車, chiaf ], [路, lo ], [出, zhud ], [日, jit ], [會, e ], [一, cit ], [有, u ], [人, jiin ], [地, tøe ], [金, kym ], [烏, of ], [好, hør ], [時, sii ], [魚, hii ], [工, kafng ], [花, hoef ], [死, sie ], [一, id ], [火, høea ], [情, zeeng ], [後, au ], [毋, m ], [會, hoe ], [不, pud ], [油, iuu ], [外, goa ], [目, bak ], [著, tiøh ], [話, oe ], [氣, khix ], [海, hae ], [法, hoad ], [白, peh ], [做, zøx ], [身, syn ], [意, ix ], [拍, phaq ], [年, nii ], [尾, bøea ], [錢, cvii ], [起, khie ], [相, siøf ], [色, seg ], [生, sefng ], [電, tien ], [事, su ], [理, lie ], [雞, køef ], [空, khafng ], [藥, iøh ], [中, tiofng ], [神, siin ], [文, buun ], [體, thea ], [分, hwn ], [發, hoad ], [主, zuo ], [看, khvoax ], [肉, baq ], [落, løh ], [豆, tau ], [米, bie ], [牛, guu ], [紅, aang ], [動, tong ], [山, svoaf ], [本, purn ], [囝, kviar ], [骨, kud ], [酒, ciuo ], [生, svef ], [來, laai ], [學, hak ], [親, chyn ], [對, uix ], [收, siw ], [力, lek ], [國, kog ], [開, khuy ], [豬, ty ], [對, tuix ], [歹, phvae ], [門, mngg ], [草, zhao ], [定, teng ]

Top 100 most frequent syllables

The ten most frequent are: ar (867), thaau (291), kofng (170), chiuo (163), zuie (161), hofng (156), laang (152), sym (147), khaf (140), seg (133).

The next 90 most frequent syllables are: hoad, khix, syn, toa, ky, bøo, bin, kaf, chiaf, lo, iuu, cie, jiin, sw, sefng, su, zhuix, oe, hwn, kafng, zhaix, tai, zuo, zeeng, zhud, khie, sii, heeng, lie, tøe, jit, lek, køf, kym, høea, ho, zexng, siofng, leeng, of, kii, kex, hoef, hii/huu (hii), kor, lieen, koafn, bak, si, hoe, zefng, siøf, to, goa, bie, goaan, buun, siin, siw, peh, zex, hae, køef, hoong, tiofng, au, kefng, pud, nii, tong, kaw, cid, teng, mngg, tien, kaux, kog, boea/bea (bøea), ix, kae, buo, sie, biin, sexng, ciah, kerng, tngg, sex, zeg, khuy

Method

A frequency analysis or syllable inventory was performed on the readings of headwords as found in MoeDict. All sections were used except Japanese loanwords and idioms. A total count of 37,678 syllables yielded 2,128 distinct syllables (including tonal distinctions).

See also