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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The% D* Y# ]# @8 n, O2 H
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& a. R% b) N- p" {
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ j$ p. K' |5 V" m; ?# sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
4 e3 {+ Q/ N9 y: t" f! n( C(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 |( d- u. x% H/ x8 K* _retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
2 p2 q2 m" j( r6 O4 p* J4 {! v) lA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
`# ]5 P! ?/ X[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”], H z9 e/ `% o9 @+ B2 G
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
I% M5 A3 B$ p- u0 d `# d6 T9 Oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on# O; \8 y) R9 X
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
/ }7 ?2 ?& K( Z(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 p" C2 T# P8 ~3 a& Z
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
: z: m6 f( Y3 H' |% s$ Csemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
5 B$ F% q, W, y5 Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, f5 ~; t5 ^7 i8 s" f/ Tcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
L1 G l) G' L% T- Nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..9 {# @0 R8 R, O) o2 J; y3 L( @
0 D& f3 ]8 v7 P$ E7 j6 }2 i(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)' }: u6 d# t+ S$ n r( q$ O
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