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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The) e r- W" ^8 o: u( w; g# V
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
8 \$ ?: Q; p0 D- t7 N) _syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,! A' y& C( h' [8 Q% K2 K/ ~
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial+ k( [ K+ p2 k) q
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of1 o1 ?3 r1 f( S
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 q3 t" p6 O, O
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=/ _. S" t1 z. Y3 l" C
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
8 o4 A, U- J' O. `' K(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: \: g0 q% y( [2 `8 ]6 N) `0 rretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on) w& H/ u9 B. P# a) A5 _6 \
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset6 _; S* `% G" S* y2 n$ \1 t
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' @) F* e/ S; t
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
: B$ p8 u/ d/ f, X* ~/ `: K; U1 bsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
0 j7 [, _& T- u: Mend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
8 y6 Y: f: x. d: O6 Dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,+ ~. N' a7 n, Y0 d
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..5 g" |2 j$ t/ t2 I. a+ f
7 J& v' v5 L6 y3 x( A7 k; o
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)' J# A; I" Z4 y8 a, z
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