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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ ^8 y# p! g% C5 A! P3 x5 kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the5 O" J) |8 Q1 R( U) Q1 L5 F
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
! f$ h ~8 i7 g! P, M8 Pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
; y( g. s# e: C+ l+ {(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 N e5 ~- n5 n0 P5 L. Jretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).' v1 H3 l$ i" B
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=5 l: }2 M7 j4 I) l c2 {
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]5 H8 Q5 q* h3 o8 V. D
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving- ~2 D4 D1 k" G9 b
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 M+ V; Q- K4 ^! L Y
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 s6 }0 J+ e) V! c. H8 c(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 ^ @5 L1 S) |! S/ A6 H6 u0 b! [
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
0 j2 o6 M3 q/ r; d2 jsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
. T. k" Z5 v1 Send with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 P$ `/ l; ]* |# d% rcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 n# y$ K" k/ n5 l4 Zthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..6 H0 Z9 w" i+ r8 n+ E$ m0 n/ Y
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(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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