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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ q# I: g$ q, g" {5 uInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the, T/ Y$ V4 E% M$ C9 C
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' l2 D2 W$ P, a0 n7 sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 T( t/ n$ R m# @9 T
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
7 h7 x, c) V. b! ?! E2 S# vretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% m0 k# t0 X1 s9 r0 W1 G
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=3 Q: ` A1 ?. U
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
$ ?8 L3 p# m, o% a8 L R. d(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
" G/ s# m9 |" t7 t2 T& zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 ]1 V' K/ j5 j
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, Y/ p; m9 d# O3 E- `- K9 a6 W
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two: ?' k1 u5 l/ }9 D$ T
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
. g5 ?0 v q2 \! E- u/ k/ ^semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
0 F( A& v8 M# l$ qend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ m# s2 `/ N+ n/ Q& \' T* K0 h( S# }
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,4 P2 B& P) o4 D( q1 R
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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! e, S/ M5 Y# t |* B" |$ c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 K+ B$ _" x" p9 b4 x6 a3 V& S6 ~
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