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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The3 p4 M' V% T6 w
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the- J/ ?. @' ]' Q
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& | w1 c G. [% |2 band uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 K2 k1 n$ J& B. Y) B& [
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of6 O% S# @; E' _6 ?9 j: K
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).2 M" h; C6 a1 u( X% g4 B; _7 C
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=& c( y Z( ?) D ~2 Q6 ^* O
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
/ E9 _" ~% V! _: w, D) C(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
" m) I$ P T9 E) X( R9 b1 \retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on7 g( [3 F' L4 ^* \- h7 q! ]+ l6 o
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. T2 o1 N% {! O: x2 ~
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 G3 n0 a( N' X0 a+ s+ Bsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a6 M8 O% l! a% K9 o
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
- Q0 Y0 T/ [3 b0 d. _1 a* U6 Fend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In( _; t. }8 ]4 m$ i
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 W; T5 }9 b+ P5 H
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
( G% [! |+ K3 }& L
% M# B9 V, k& I# p+ Y3 B5 \% q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)6 r a6 _. h+ h# I \. r, ]
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