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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& i5 k* `, B8 J: J- N3 L+ \Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
- j3 ^) A& a$ R' `syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) p+ v$ i" ?( u$ Cand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
, h7 d$ H5 b4 M2 P(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 _; u' R; A9 v* \
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).# `, l9 X3 Z8 b* V5 g* c
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
$ C% Y0 K6 W. f[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]0 U/ ~4 v3 ~. C. w6 {
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ B1 D3 w; r4 l/ H# |& y
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( W" H0 j. i* j+ U: ~/ F
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
: z# L* ? x1 \) ~0 t9 p- D* C(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two/ s, M1 L; C( L7 T$ a% V
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- g% {2 D' S. F: c" c bsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; o3 ]# _& `% @' }: D6 D- M
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, y( p; y' S, C+ M# W0 o" Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,! b8 c0 M: r2 _& U( z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) c: B9 T# Z2 X* I; K# N- `
' t2 b2 A/ c9 H; q: Q) ~9 W(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch). e( m" ? F0 \9 ]
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