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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# T( K7 I3 W+ Q5 J' K# ~; k, y2 \Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
6 h3 q; s: T5 w' M% B j! Msyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
! c8 x" [* m- H9 I) {and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 p6 c+ I. W0 W$ k0 w* p5 {
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 y# [* n+ d0 f! Y; C( f( ?retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 J5 I) U S9 P& V* T+ VA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# ~4 o& W* H- m8 _2 o" n
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 J' c3 A! ]/ k+ F(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" C. B2 i$ Q0 J
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
# z( W1 e* e$ hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset# ]$ X$ V7 U# O( q! b; h
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ z/ d: T9 j1 @- C2 _) x9 H, ]
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a \$ h2 s* n0 {+ X. D
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.- K, ?+ C }5 F! Y0 s$ m1 F' t
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! V$ }& s }1 Y: r6 q: kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
) K$ ]! l* ^' h7 ], _the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..6 N8 O O: ~" h. Z: V* O( G+ O$ e" i
: W! j' ~3 ^4 d8 M! j4 F
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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