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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# C: H9 z0 r* k5 OInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 B- y. R0 b* w# I2 psyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ ?1 F. C8 Y P3 ^7 x/ H* Cand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ d2 p8 W, P' \( u/ q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of3 U" }1 A2 r) E
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).! w" T; E& }: z' h3 ^4 y
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% p [0 H* h: `! [6 r/ }: n[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]4 E, @ w6 r& N0 k/ j, o
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ E2 v1 l3 b, x/ R
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 u' d- M8 d% V$ I6 G" k
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; B8 C9 @! @8 F4 z(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- c8 s5 c( \& ~9 E& B; }
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
; @) w" X1 g! g! Y) Y! Xsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' a8 K9 U5 s% v, A( J1 U9 M
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ r( d1 [7 d1 b8 C- g \
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,0 D6 \8 b* [8 D2 ^2 W" F, V/ c
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
" C D- W" I( j/ e, n/ d8 K- P! {' p$ y' d! O, d* `2 b; Q
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)- s( g- p$ a5 _ \$ U
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