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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The& q; L# e _2 n) \. [' `
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the0 Y& i. I/ {4 i0 e: B! G1 N
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
% K; y, Y5 _2 K) j2 B; mand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ D( a% z7 D7 L) b! b+ r" k(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
; _. _# p5 J: s3 R: mretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
; N/ G4 A/ a7 D( ?A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! m* H! |; A: Q9 T2 ]
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
D! ^7 s/ ]8 `/ r1 R5 P1 A(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
/ j8 e" T# @5 S7 k# uretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
5 B( L1 F5 G! b' L# r; xpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset7 N! }; h; k* {; K- |
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. X, e# K% u+ f' ]
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% ^3 Y( L9 A) U7 d
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
1 ~0 s. V$ V4 Oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
$ G* \) n' Q" e: _. n! a& P5 scompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,, V* B/ H; Q) f3 N3 A8 }1 c& u
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! b9 Q# S' O6 v- V j& Z1 `
" e$ L ^9 |# r) M' G6 j, x(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)" W, i1 H4 G/ M9 F) z5 r/ U
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