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 === Syllabic structure ===
-A complete syllable in Taiwanese requires only a vowel at the bare minimum. A syllable follows one of these two patterns:
+A complete syllable in Taiwanese requires only a vowel at the bare minimum. In MTL, syllables follow one of these two patterns, where items in brackets are optional:
 * [consonant] + [nasal] '''vowel'''
 * [consonant] + '''vowel''' + [nasal final consonant]
-The items in the [[koat'hoo|brackets]] are optional. The main takeaway is that a syllable won't have a nasal vowel and a nasal final consonant (''m'', ''n'', ''ng'') at the same time. The few syllables with more than one nasal part have ''[[ng]]'' as the vowel.
+Syllables generally have only one nasal part, and never the nasal indicator (''v'') and a nasal final consonant (''m'', ''n'', ''ng'') at the same time. See ''[[ng]]'' for the few syllables with more than one nasal part.
 A word can be formed with one or more syllables, but two syllables is most typical. We will explain below how every syllable has a distinct tone.