Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan/Frequency of syllables
Frequency of syllables in the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan, or Frequently-Used Syllables in Frequently-Used Words of Taiwanese Hokkien
First 100 syllables
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).
- ar
- thaau
- kofng
- chiuo
- zuie
- hofng
- laang
- sym
- khaf
- seg
- hoad
- ky
- khix
- syn
- toa
- kef
- bøo
- bin
- kaf
- te
- chiaf
- lie
- lo
- iuu
- cie
- sw
- jiin
- su
- sefng
- zhuix
- oe
- hwn
- zhaix
- kafng
- zuo
- tai
- zhud
- zeeng
- khie
- sii
- heeng
- hoea
- jit
- lek
- køf
- kex
- kym
- sex
- hoe
- siofng
- ho
- zexng
- of
- leeng
- kii
- hii
- hoef
- siøf
- kor
- lieen
- koafn
- zefng
- bak
- si
- to
- goa
- bie
- goaan
- siin
- buun
- siw
- nii
- zex
- peh
- hoong
- hae
- cid
- au
- tong
- tiofng
- kefng
- kaw
- pud
- tien
- mngg
- teng
- kaux
- kog
- kae
- tee
- boea
- ix
- sie
- buo
- sexng
- kerng
- ciah
- biin
- tngg
- khuy
- 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 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.