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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 t4 P& n) r* C$ V* c9 C* }; l6 s7 {Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the- ]! e! w( A+ N$ X
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
% k8 X6 j+ f7 D# E3 n( ]0 g E F+ Kand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ |2 j% \! n1 f" _(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
' K, i4 d/ m3 m2 Nretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
' l) c& T$ _. dA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
+ M$ @$ `& ^4 H- D1 x$ u4 J[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]7 P, m# W4 U1 U5 n4 P- W
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
z% R8 G: ]2 m: m8 F/ zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
6 f6 B! _$ V) f1 opossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; s0 Z& W, ~( s! v, H% y; h(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. }2 k5 w5 ?; G/ y0 C
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
+ O& M$ A$ V* R. gsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" C, _! }& x* S2 [0 ?end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
) |, e! W5 j$ ]( i; ^compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 q8 Z8 a" v! }6 h
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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/ c/ G+ ?6 t- \' r(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch): C8 e- ~6 Z4 ~; G' `% w2 d
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