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 === Syllable structure ===
 A syllable in Taiwanese is either:
-* [consonant] + [nasal] vowel
+* [initial] + vowel + [nasal final consonant]
-* [consonant] + vowel + [rear nasal ending]
+* [initial] + [nasal] vowel
-where the brackets mean the consonant, nasal or rear nasal ending can be left out. Therefore:
+where the brackets mean the initial consonant, nasal ''v'', or nasal final consonant (NFC) can be left out. Therefore:
-* a vowel is required
+* a vowel is always required
-* there is no "double nasal" (more than one ''m'', ''n'', ''ng'', or ''v'') in the final part after the initial consonant
+* there is never "double nasal": ''v'', ''-m'', ''-n'', or ''-ng'' are mutually exclusive
-Finally, syllables usually don't have both a nasal initial consonant and nasal final, except for [[ng|various tones of ''mng'' and ''nng'']]. For example, ''man'' and ''mang'' are not valid.
+Finally, syllables usually aren't "double nasal", except for [[ng|various tones of ''mng'' and ''nng'']]. For example, ''ban'' and ''bang'' are valid, but ''man'' and ''mang'' are not valid.
 == Tone sandhi ==