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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The% t% q, H0 F* G, v/ Q; Q$ M% R
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the5 a3 N: P8 S3 ~ P1 }
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
K5 a2 b! O4 Vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial0 z5 z8 M' K% K. M, H/ ^
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
3 ]# _( e9 _" m9 _* j; {& d* J/ ]6 _: sretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).4 ~( q0 t8 ? e3 e7 i8 a6 w
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
2 f C* [) L+ h* F6 g[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* i4 R; L' M1 M. V3 Z) y
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
) O( I$ Q5 g6 F) f- Pretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" G& [. N+ f b' l
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; Y7 `% U* L @) H" j: L: P(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two/ ~6 J% r0 x9 R9 T9 B
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
0 h8 r! B$ x* J; ?& P; nsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 M( w. t! I$ P4 J* K( @8 R! N$ A
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ @8 t! {( R, g3 l# e% v8 R
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
! F( E7 t# m$ a' b. wthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
3 T' n6 O! h% `' @, [& L, b; u7 L: z+ K9 Z, l9 e, h
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)# q* }5 B6 W6 B, I" I# J7 l" _
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