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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ }) M! W! R) {, D' U# z" ~6 W% SInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
. |$ s) Q! j( j" D$ i: V3 z8 Vsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in," J p$ x( c* H0 B; Z* X2 W. v' C
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
0 N$ E5 B P# a(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of+ a- K1 Z! V9 |7 s6 G% v
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 E8 U0 E% R1 J6 q+ g7 K# d+ tA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
/ S& |3 L. U8 x1 L# n' y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
( E. \* R1 \3 V(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
4 H3 Y, N" X3 aretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on7 T4 q) F) S o
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
+ ~- R2 ~; w0 b* Z(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two" D$ {8 F7 i5 v8 m
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
/ z" G: O3 i8 ?% ]semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.6 g! f. {4 m. c# Q8 [. i$ t
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 _$ u% c# a" T* d8 ycompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
A, _4 P- X! ?- e @* w" E' dthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..: w7 {) a8 h& V, Y- |: S1 i
+ _9 [5 j+ k5 l! ?% t/ l(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)% n V9 D; d! _9 }5 h
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