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'''Frequency of syllables in the ''Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan''''', or '''Frequently-Used Syllables in Frequently-Used Words of Taiwanese Hokkien'''
'''Frequency of syllables in the ''Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan''''', or '''Frequently-Used Syllables in Frequently-Used Words of Taiwanese Hokkien'''
A frequency analysis was performed on the headwords of the ''Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan'' (as found in ''[[MoeDict]]''), yielding 2,128 unique [[Imcied|syllables]]. Only main headwords were analyzed (proverbs and variant readings, preceded by the forward slash, were excluded). The syllables and their frequency are presented in the following file, sorted by frequency (across the headwords), then alphabetically, written in the original [[TRS]], along with conversions to [[POJ]], and [[MTL]].
* [[File:Syllables in Kaohsiung-area Taiwanese (MoeDict).ods]]


== First 100 syllables ==
== First 100 syllables ==
The first 100 of these syllables are given below. The top ten are: ''[[ar]]'' (867), ''[[thaau]]'' (291), ''kofng'' (170), ''[[chiuo]]'' (163), ''[[zuie]]'' (161), ''[[hofng]]'' (156), ''[[laang]]'' (152), ''[[sym]]'' (147), ''[[khaf]]'' (140), ''seg'' (133).
The first 100 of these syllables are given below, converted from [[TRS]] to [[MTL]]. The top ten are: ''[[ar]]'' (867), ''[[thaau]]'' (291), ''kofng'' (170), ''[[chiuo]]'' (163), ''[[zuie]]'' (161), ''[[hofng]]'' (156), ''[[laang]]'' (152), ''[[sym]]'' (147), ''[[khaf]]'' (140), ''seg'' (133).


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* Complete list: [[File:Syllables in Kaohsiung-area Taiwanese (MoeDict).ods]]
== Method ==
A frequency analysis was performed on the headwords of the ''Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan'' (as found in ''[[MoeDict]]''), yielding 2,128 unique [[Imcied|syllables]]. Only main headwords were analyzed (proverbs and variant readings, preceded by the forward slash, were excluded). The syllables and their frequency are sorted by frequency (across the headwords), then alphabetically, written in the original TRS, along with conversions to [[POJ]], and MTL.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of all initial consonants in Taiwanese Hokkien]]
* [[List of all initial consonants in Taiwanese Hokkien|List of all initial consonants]]
* [[List of all finals in Taiwanese Hokkien]] (268 unique finals found in ''MoeDict'')
* [[List of all finals in Taiwanese Hokkien|List of all finals]]
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