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A total of 96 MTL words that are homonyms were found in the [[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]. This happens because of loss of tone information when syllables are put together to form a word ([[tone sandhi]]). In general, these words are two syllables, where the first syllable's citation tone is either tone 1 (high) or tone 5 (curving-up). Therefore two distinct words in [[POJ]] can map to the same word in MTL.
A total of 96 MTL words that are homonyms were found in the [[Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary]]. This happens because of loss of tone information when syllables are put together to form a word ([[tone sandhi]]). In general, these words are two syllables, where the first syllable's citation tone is either tone 1 (high) or tone 5 (curving-up). Therefore two distinct words in [[POJ]] can map to the same word in MTL.


Combined with data from [[TBSS]], the total number increases to 125 MTL words.
Combined with data from [[TBSS]], the total number increases to 125 MTL words:


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Revision as of 02:36, 25 December 2017

A total of 96 MTL words that are homonyms were found in the Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary. This happens because of loss of tone information when syllables are put together to form a word (tone sandhi). In general, these words are two syllables, where the first syllable's citation tone is either tone 1 (high) or tone 5 (curving-up). Therefore two distinct words in POJ can map to the same word in MTL.

Combined with data from TBSS, the total number increases to 125 MTL words:

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