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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
, v4 y5 S* y- B" P7 M4 kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 M& F: ~: h2 S
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
: Y* }# j2 F8 k0 E9 Oand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
* v t! d( w' R(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of( r) J1 W8 |& I1 B
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
2 W' i( {* ^8 V% Z# p0 ?6 eA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) o9 s& a9 G8 Y2 P" P: l) T
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
% G$ w6 y3 Y0 \" r, ` \(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
$ u. T% \ L% s' T; H |- _retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on. a' b! A3 H+ [0 O3 w) x
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset! k# R% `" j7 r: M! |
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two6 b) u2 t, k' b; M" @/ c/ ^4 d q
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
o0 `" L- a8 u5 F! v" m% \* ssemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
7 F+ E- Z; P& E7 _. Pend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 s/ k1 J" m b
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
8 i0 N; _- Q# l1 |- a, R; @5 O! @+ N# Uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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3 e2 Z2 h5 Q: f A% I(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)4 t9 g' @8 h/ K4 G0 `+ s v0 c
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