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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
) c% { ]7 w, U% QInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
+ \! @) m1 `. z: [1 N$ j% _syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
`. X* E. k3 n& Uand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
+ D7 Y$ g- \1 z d$ i(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of5 b" o) \; K% h; {: Q2 X
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).& W4 J: c: ? v) P2 o
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
) s( r5 j4 @$ d+ b! z0 j4 P[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
3 i( _/ d9 X) q( D(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: _: h1 f. i; L7 |( T4 mretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
5 m; |! v' Z; Q) k Dpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% V4 j: [7 N! T5 h# s$ C; S* L7 O' ]
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
4 O$ _0 h n2 J+ D9 [; asegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
" x5 ?, a; W9 h |. Z, c5 f9 asemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.) V& ?! _9 k$ o) ^- o3 Z1 D' A
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, G9 i! [1 l; ^3 h9 `compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 Q. ~* V( b" i
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
+ W( f9 @! v/ z9 b/ I* r5 W- t$ n6 \: u( _5 e
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch). t9 [7 |" D% N3 {6 s
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