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


* [[File:Finals of Taiwanese in MTL.pdf]]
* [[File:Finals of Taiwanese in MTL.pdf]]


== Method ==
== Method ==
* 268 unique finals were found in the headwords of the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]''.  
* 268 unique finals were found in the headwords of the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]''. The headwords were broken into pre-[[sandhi]] syllables, then each syllable was broken into initial and final.
** 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}}.  
** 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}}.  
** The ten least frequent 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 are: {{xl|vaau}}, {{xl|vau}}, {{xl|voq}}, {{xl|vuix}}, {{xl|ob}}, {{xl|viao}}, {{xl|om}}, {{xl|oom}}, {{xl|oaxng}}, {{xl|oafng}}.
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