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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The- s, V% H: e Y* `
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the1 {. m) ^; N8 r7 p( Q* D
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,/ H) z' d$ X( G# U" b( A
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial' S5 {+ J, Y5 j( }6 o) E: s: r& G
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 M1 Y* T4 _1 l$ B+ o2 i$ N& J2 Z
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 v/ _% n8 N; J! _7 Z( ~
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! O0 z; x! h, u3 b
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]6 I0 C7 A, A* }" w) C
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 O& H7 G) N# T: x* E
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on9 S. z/ K0 W$ Y- z+ z' u, H3 o
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset: M3 g5 p# f( B: H8 u( p& g' ?/ _
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two3 b# G, F" i* g0 h" {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- H" ~' L0 [- E) U4 X2 jsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
( d8 a; q. W# H {! g8 @end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In ?& R- o/ U" g i8 W
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,+ `) }8 X" H- a1 C$ N
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
' t1 J- [% g+ c3 f# y6 {* `. v% m* N
) m3 @% H4 T" w& t' t o(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)% n7 J$ ]) P2 I* h7 v; f
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