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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The7 E! h" ~% [' A) A$ l c
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 R: b/ G7 d& f2 G9 |! ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,% d8 S" L! L# t* n' I
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
" v7 C' @3 n% @& v8 M(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of9 R. C i* E+ ^' i$ k
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
8 U2 e0 y( g9 }. qA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=, \0 H; b) U5 i
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: I8 L2 c* ~1 c(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving8 F6 r1 z, t- I, x) R7 F G2 {- P
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on# O% w3 A( @$ P: V8 z
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; t4 Z, P# t+ ^(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ F0 ?$ u5 L& k0 }
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
7 T' C7 u: b1 @2 o1 wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.( T" ?* G8 j1 i Q6 x7 C& d
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
N+ M6 m, O, f4 K/ Tcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,, {- Y' x$ O% h1 b) N/ x
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
* @7 W, o) x/ d2 y1 Z+ x/ ]$ H/ C' |+ x. F+ ~- ^4 ?* G; Q4 H$ a/ C( w7 Z
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)9 S% o$ v+ v5 a2 f9 p; [
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