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 == Method ==
-* 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.
+* 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.
-** 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}}. ''Ar'' was found 997 times, ''af'' 395 times.
-** 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, 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}}.
 ** [[File:Finals in Kaohsiung-area Taiwanese (MoeDict).ods]]