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A | A table of all finals in Taiwanese is presented in the following files using the [[Modern Taiwanese Language|MTL]] writing system. There are 65 unique finals in total, if tone is not considered (~400 if considering tone). Those that are uncommon are grayed out. | ||
* [[File:Finals of Taiwanese in MTL.pdf]] | * [[File:Finals of Taiwanese in MTL.pdf]] | ||
== Method == | == Method == | ||
* 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. Each syllable was converted into MTL and broken into initial and final parts. Then, the finals were counted. [[:File:MoeDict mainspace finals MTL KH.ods| | * 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. Each syllable was converted into MTL and broken into initial and final parts. Then, the finals were counted. [[:File:MoeDict mainspace finals MTL KH.ods|List in ODS format]] | ||
** 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 00:15, 17 June 2018
A table of all finals in Taiwanese is presented in the following files using the MTL writing system. There are 65 unique finals in total, if tone is not considered (~400 if considering tone). Those that are uncommon are grayed out.
Method
- 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. Each syllable was converted into MTL and broken into initial and final parts. Then, the finals were counted. List in ODS format