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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 c8 P9 n# ~4 W6 ^ IInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 v a T' q3 t7 t" Isyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, p8 }! s$ G/ W
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial/ b+ D# R/ I; o; t
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 A6 t5 l) O& e6 rretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
6 R- x/ |9 i# V) a! J1 e, @) eA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
0 W! w( _; C0 r+ k% H9 y0 g[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]7 I4 G% [2 d$ w9 K1 _+ q+ y1 j) t
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
/ E% M! u3 q- ]( Q, Tretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 I. E/ ^* U7 s
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* D" u& b% X% z0 ^6 T5 a" w8 K! U(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
( u8 }# ~1 D: Nsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a: a, h/ K$ R, q8 w1 C! q+ z% S
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' C; N" C1 Y, S5 }$ S3 a' K4 o
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In; X/ F. k$ {+ {
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 W' u* `. B& E7 ?the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..3 Q: @) ]/ g) k% W9 F2 K A( n$ ]' }
* F2 w5 A4 \- ?' D" O$ P) r( [
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)3 k* \6 D2 M0 i! J. ?2 I+ r e
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