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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The% Q! {' t3 Y; H6 J4 {
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the" `8 [6 C9 M$ ]1 {4 C6 v
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
i* P. S& X4 y' B: |and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
4 {# A9 e3 o0 `# a v(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of& d( J" h+ B. C& U- C+ [6 g4 Y
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) D# y% u$ j7 w& p" u0 cA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 E c. v ]: j( Z. p
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
- H* t. r) R! P. [(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
9 ], X* Z" A, o5 n8 cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 T/ l& R) k! e7 y, A% l8 m; c! a; [
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset9 g$ {2 V* `8 K: l5 | u9 j' A
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
1 X1 e m( W0 N$ j$ z1 ?, K vsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a: a& J+ Q8 ?8 w* ?+ H
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' Z5 M2 B; u+ |4 \, S
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
2 @' X9 ^5 C. b0 Z# m- v) A. Kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,6 f2 h$ B h, ^ Z( l
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) A H5 q( Y! B8 ^8 S& {1 ^
7 A" d" ]4 m/ t: A0 g! [! D(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch). p' K, g2 F8 _! D1 \8 b
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