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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
1 W/ h4 h9 p1 `8 {Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the" X9 ?& r, \- \$ q
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
- C+ m1 d/ {+ d9 T4 D0 c1 E# \ Gand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial/ ?- A/ U5 k) W. h
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 g) J( d' |5 r9 p
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! W) w0 C* C8 `$ b! vA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=3 R" V4 x3 j; n( U' l! }7 p
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ z+ B! E! ]) J% H/ D
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving) F/ q5 G9 Y; }4 J8 J; N; @; }- r ^5 L
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( L: @- L. \' }8 F6 P2 I- V3 Z
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% S% m) C, N7 l; x' G s
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two: R' H8 t9 U3 e: B* b- ^
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a* S) z% H8 w: \4 X6 H, R, w( Q$ o
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" x* s" {1 w5 ?; n5 M5 `5 F9 ]end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In4 O! S- ~ W0 E0 J
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
7 G# y( ^6 L1 I- _0 \0 r7 G7 rthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
8 c5 N/ a b9 `5 B5 s, b3 p
# \& @* v3 E+ r: U0 }! X(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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