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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The/ s1 ~, k" `+ s) j. F$ V
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
; \6 n% g* [6 Esyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
0 [1 w% D' U0 [$ d$ x5 \7 Aand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 b6 u, ~. X% Q- I6 k2 b+ e8 u. A(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of/ N$ m! n. e/ d# m: \
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).& }+ M- a- g. ^# Z$ f
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=% L) D8 U5 n* Q4 p
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: O8 z2 f/ H. N$ c- J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving: W8 h0 `( j; i o0 |" R5 P
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on5 n6 h7 K1 i$ w/ ?
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 t+ D4 w+ A% W(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
- t& A* {+ V7 n" K0 ^segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
x: X2 q' A3 D, {7 r/ Wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
! h3 r$ |, c: Y6 B1 Aend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! p' m, I2 l: t) r" t+ Fcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,/ `: e1 O- l# b; r
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)" Y% w! @. L/ u, X( i
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