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-If we call everything after the initial consonant of an MTL syllable the "final" part, the "final" spells out the vowel, tone, and any consonant endings. Complete list: [[File:Finals of Taiwanese in MTL.pdf]]
+Now that you've learned all the vowels and the tones, you might be interested in what we call a "final". This is the rear part of the syllable that includes everything except the initial consonant. So, in MTL, the final uniquely spells out the vowel, tone, and any consonant endings. A complete table of all the possible combinations is given [[Table of all finals in MTL|here]].
 ==== Tone sandhi ====