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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- E# A" q6 b3 A; C+ u3 I0 fInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 H* ^3 _9 u6 D) ^ {" [5 @; A
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) x8 M7 l, ?$ a1 Cand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
1 i7 }$ v$ K% T+ h6 j) |! p0 |(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
+ P' I4 y3 f; r$ iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
. f& v+ q( v% ]# Y3 w& i# m8 B) `A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
z9 C& {( f5 _. u[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]% I" D; S5 A/ B6 l# z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving4 z4 l% H6 l$ ~6 ~3 c
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
x. A* t3 m/ O1 B# Epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
, |7 n2 R7 B- _6 B(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two0 a% \& k8 I$ {" m% k& w+ B
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a4 S6 |) _; H% j8 D- o+ x
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
+ I8 t8 y4 C; c5 Uend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' ?# I N7 b1 ^, n2 h& v. c& Z3 [compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,% y! l4 _5 {4 m
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.. [! m0 ~; ]/ z$ o6 F
& S! q% f+ ?) D0 }+ X5 Z6 k- K(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
8 \+ |5 ^, B/ J1 |; _/ g: B* `and American speakers of English, |
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