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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The, ]: s. Q4 A" b0 @" Q
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
0 u3 T# f3 ^% s7 X0 nsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ O+ V: y+ Z1 u1 e p- z" Land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
. i2 t& _" Q. h7 `# Y" J) M# N( V0 Q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of6 S- e, m; m6 A: W2 ?& ^" u D. s
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).- \/ ~& c, H5 p l6 Z' m& G. ]
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
l& o" a$ k, @# ` I1 m; o[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
) X8 [0 h' C& \* A3 s, C(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving, V2 B- G6 K% }5 u( X9 k. C/ ]
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on; R, d- B) a' d0 \
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* R6 Q) w- ]" F7 ~4 ~ J(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two4 r, M" b* ]0 X
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a& \0 x5 ^# a) [. f; d
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ ~7 d. V+ e; H7 e- N6 m) E; p- K ?! U8 V
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 c! S# u3 j: x3 Lcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
+ S0 h, {4 O C# d+ \1 P4 n2 pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..1 O9 v: W: O7 R+ c! z# b
- Q; G4 i0 }3 `' ]% F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch) e" t7 P4 n, H6 |1 ]% y# Q. U
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