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 All five shouting substitutions happen only when they end the syllable, so you still have ''{{x|irm}}'', ''{{x|irn}}'', and ''{{x|urn}}''. In contrast, the high shortcuts carry through, so you will see ''{{x|ym}}'', ''{{x|yn}}'', and ''{{x|wn}}''.
-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.
+==== Finals ====
+Now that you've learned all the vowels and tones, you might be interested to hear that when you put them together, you get a "final". It's the rear part of the syllable, everything but the initial consonant, and uniquely spells out the vowel, tone, and any consonant endings.
-There are almost 270 commonly-used MTL finals, but if you ignore the different tones, there are just 70. See how much MTL you know using this [[table of all finals in MTL|table of all finals]].
+Folding in the tones, there are just 70 commonly-used finals. Counting all the tones, the number expands to almost 270. See how many finals you can read from this [[table of all finals in MTL|chart of MTL finals]].
 ==== Tone sandhi ====