Table of all MLT finals: Difference between revisions

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Tables of all the finals in Modern Literal Taiwanese (MLT, MTL)

vowel + optional final consonant + tone = vowel-final, or final, for short
tables show the spelling for each final in each tone

Seven Tones of Taiwanese, 32 × 7 grid for spelling out all tones
Examples, using words and syllables from Practical Taiwanese Conversation (Level 1)
Finals of Taiwanese in MTL, 46 × 7 grid, including om, oang and v-nasalized vowels

17,916 rows from Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan were analyzed
2,080 distinct syllables were counted
266 distinct finals were found
- Ten most frequent: ar, ie, eeng, ii, ofng, i, efng, ix, o, and af tied with aau. Ar was found 997 times, af and aau 395 times.
- Nine least frequent: oafng, ob, om, oom, vaai, vau, viao, voq, vuix. They belong to words: oafng, lob, om, toom, pefngpeqkvaai, liengvau, gviao, `hvoq, khvuieoah.

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-'''Tables of all the finals in MTL''' [[Modern Literal Taiwanese]], also MTL
+'''Tables of all the finals in [[Modern Literal Taiwanese]]''' (MLT, MTL)
-* '''final''' = '''vowel''', optional tail '''consonant''', and '''tone'''
+* '''vowel''' + optional '''final consonant''' + '''tone''' = '''vowel-final''', or '''final''', for short
 * tables show the spelling for each final in each [[Tones of Taiwanese|tone]]
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 == Background ==
-* 17,916 rows from ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' (starting with #1 & #50001) were analyzed
+* 17,916 rows from ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' were analyzed
 * 2,080 distinct [[syllable]]s were counted
 * 266 distinct finals were found