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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The4 I/ X2 X* O4 [" ]% T# J5 a, X$ p
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
- L: j/ w, V8 Asyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 A/ k1 \9 y! u! w( c1 G: |2 X( M Gand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. j" R! n/ ^4 ]+ z
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of: `" {" a' a; M( a$ y
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).* Y0 n8 z* V8 j* o
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=% w. d/ Y4 q1 E7 P+ f
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]& U; @' T" h7 i: G
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; y( Y! |% g' N0 Bretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, L0 l% Y/ P3 S( o( k! f. R
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 X6 R' n% C) G(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two t$ h' [' \; P+ _* U( C$ n) R
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a' w3 ?8 {; T& U# _, Q
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
6 e, q1 x" k/ k5 r) b2 nend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 P+ U: [! Z, a3 c, J8 G+ `4 acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 y" A+ ^* M2 J3 J/ f; \0 b- V2 `9 ^
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
0 ^ r" y9 e8 M0 J+ ~1 o$ W" d2 y1 L# L9 L; d' C' l
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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