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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
, \: p( X! w. @" kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the+ @! x6 s3 s8 M1 f0 o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
5 d! P; x' \$ |/ E l& |; ~and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial* i4 ~2 m7 d( \6 {
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( M6 z) V0 P G0 D3 oretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 m& [2 ?! T1 p$ `6 t) Z" j# a
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
' B( v3 o+ r, ?$ Z2 ?+ |[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# }/ U/ Q- m1 N; F
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
1 p9 v' Y2 d' i' p8 Q( \+ tretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on0 k. O F" D% }7 f
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
: e/ g6 Q: x: }3 ](Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ k. V( i' T8 b7 r; T( f4 |
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ t. B$ J; u* r/ u4 P7 e* H3 V+ t1 l2 s
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* }% q- A9 ]. X- O2 f# o& L6 x
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
1 c F8 w9 s5 x$ j# rcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
$ }- f+ f. M3 X; I$ Wthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
+ G, @" B t5 q0 ]# G2 R. S0 x8 G3 B5 a
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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