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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
. c+ ~+ [& n3 R' [" iInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the+ x. j5 }6 v) `9 H
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
0 ]6 N$ i' T1 i3 H8 g# jand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
! Y/ ]( M+ ]2 N6 u: J(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 {1 |, y' z5 \; p! ?) C
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, N: y- U& o. H) m4 }; cA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
0 w1 c! x6 R4 z/ b2 j2 d9 w5 y% b% y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]8 @0 Q: a' s- R3 ]4 l/ ~7 S
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
" m' T. o$ L3 k2 S, Gretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
' Z7 j W' K, [ |1 opossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 H: p P8 b4 v1 w* A# m3 s; z
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two4 S$ L! n, x/ }
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
x \0 d4 w$ msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
/ O+ f& s3 o* ~. tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
8 @* y1 C* j, U) d0 s# fcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
' O) U$ N3 d4 R. T" Zthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..4 P+ o4 O, A. O
. H) p; g% o( O# X- m; T( T
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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