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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- Y1 f! e; A, ~. s5 o: ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
6 J: P, e4 r3 s# m5 d `syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,7 P' \: o8 b+ L4 s/ b8 v: W
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 k$ ?$ G7 N; ^9 H1 m/ l( L(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 X; K8 l+ Z$ Q, V! z: F. l2 k8 u2 @* Bretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
0 U4 Y2 y4 W) ~8 X lA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# u( o* d5 r5 i! J' Y& A" P
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
" n% G! U; |2 h. r(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving! n& K' y; o' r- {# f( w4 Q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
1 f/ [8 x0 N9 M6 t* ~$ apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset9 u4 t) ^( e' R) G. o% W
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two* e: T8 ], M* P4 v
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! K/ r; C, Q8 g2 v
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 e, P# @6 l! n+ l. A& t
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In5 L% h. O$ \) _7 Z
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
! V1 n3 o8 K/ I% ?3 V: pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
( e1 Y+ |8 ]4 Y* X& l+ r- u4 H1 i, v6 ~7 F
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)3 _, X; m! R% X( S' ]: [* w
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