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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
! A. ^* F' q( Q6 C" zInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the" j" G1 a; x1 B D# j7 C1 ]
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# d. d9 [! I% T! W$ ^
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
" F8 `" c U0 g1 _(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of! }' o2 D+ \3 q$ r
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
0 H" }. m9 q% t$ z7 a& DA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=% X( T- R8 m0 p" q/ w; |
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
- d R( a8 A+ M5 K! W2 a(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving- M: o& Y9 G5 I t# s
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 T, U+ r. z' w& {possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
$ t" m( L6 r' \5 @; o+ y. {(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
% `( V t8 D7 s4 Msegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
+ O( y9 q) a. J/ e# Lsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
5 K% n0 A4 a: y" R; Q8 |: Y) fend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# F! }2 F7 u$ E+ o, d4 H$ vcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 k) s7 ]% w) e* }+ u# {) |1 m+ nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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% Z! Z5 `# _4 w; c n/ R$ v(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)# t N/ n" N# q) j, }
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