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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The7 k/ W; J! }4 ^
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
; [* I+ W" R) W" }/ Zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
4 B6 |" B" c' p- pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
# M: g# X s# z' O, }; o' p" M0 r(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- k$ e4 S( Q3 w( O' \" W) Rretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
; ^7 ]2 Y2 g$ uA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# }! r. a8 [# ^: d# }0 z
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: X$ L9 \+ ^) ], a1 J) V(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 d& B" f& y% \$ a
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
$ j3 B) }5 O$ y& n+ e: npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
- R9 M- T4 i/ u7 ]' X$ ^: ~(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
4 X7 n9 w+ ]! w5 W$ ~- Q ysegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
6 I2 Y) `+ H$ w; G# [0 q6 X0 j0 s* {semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ x2 F! I g5 g( E3 J
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 t4 @3 ^! ?2 W
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,+ e2 `8 I* @. t1 z! F
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
8 |5 q' G7 v3 A( ]9 m S6 G( C! W% S# y0 |- J0 M( a$ V8 Q; l# r; T
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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