44,922
edits
Table of all MLT finals: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
table vs. list
m (LearnTaiwanese moved page List of all finals in MTL to Table of all finals in MTL) |
(table vs. list) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
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}}. | ||