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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The9 b* t) X7 T+ l1 I+ L
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the* E: a5 m) l8 h7 ^, a
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
1 l1 _/ c& N9 D) p2 v+ g& s' g. Nand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
! X8 F- t! s) y; h0 y0 T(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of, E5 e5 V2 E0 x- d0 Z3 K/ P* @
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
+ U& c" y8 p& p& h! B( V/ w. RA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% W/ e4 M# k/ y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! r& {% L! y+ H. ?$ D0 T( |8 u(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving: j4 s/ e4 B2 s( D5 n! L% X
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
. T) W8 I c( [5 U" Kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. |) }, |* c, n: {
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
8 T9 Z5 L+ v- `5 x8 k4 f# S0 ]! Gsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& H& r9 k0 }: y) i' _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; O# }, X5 a/ n/ k% d, s; A
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
$ h8 J& H' i7 W( Z' ?: R$ _compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
! u/ a8 x0 q) w, b* ^( Sthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! K- j* B g) h* K# U$ u; R$ u
9 \0 y1 J u2 p) F
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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