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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The* |; Z# I7 c0 v. [# F; ~0 v, F
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 ^% F5 J6 a- W2 {& w' \) \syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
. U; ]( I5 `. ? Dand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! X/ ?! v( S% F
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
3 G$ F7 b7 E) ]4 q; |retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)." T+ h: z' {# j% A8 `# e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
2 _# ]: F4 h8 B4 r/ D+ g4 q* h- Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
P7 ~, @0 m( C, N& O G5 [4 j. x0 ?(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
7 F7 y2 {) a& j- C/ R7 Z8 zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, D2 r9 g+ [- {( f+ n* C0 w1 {
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 C6 S- F1 \' J" F
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
: X, i8 S& m o/ Z1 S, }, Rsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a" z6 }2 G8 R$ Z% b
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e., Q+ M$ b4 v; Z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ T( C g( K, g& O, r- M
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: F- u) `9 s& I: Z+ g& _
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." J) W# w* K, K( o
4 ~, {; K; V8 Z$ j# Z
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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