Manchu Rhymes

Observed End-Rhyme Classes

I have found examples of the following end-rhyme classes in Jakdan and the Staatsbibliothek poems.

A	words ending in -a
AI	words ending in -ai
AN	words ending in -an or -on
E	words ending in -e or vocalic -o. For words ending in semivowel -o, see EO
EN	words ending in -en, -in, -un or -ūn
ENG	words ending in -eng or -ing
EO	words ending in -eo, -io, -uo or -ūo
I	words ending in vocalic -i or -y (e.g. dzy). For words ending in semivowel -i, see AI
U	words ending in -u or -ū

Based on the observed end-rhyme classes above, I suspect words ending in -ung and -ūng would fall into the ENG category, but I have not found examples of that yet. I also suspect the existence of the following rhyme categories, but have found no examples of them yet:

*AO	words ending in -ao or -oo
*OI	words ending in -oi