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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; y+ |4 S) k5 t6 [4 R4 Z" MInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# N$ S. ?2 h1 O' m" U' L! isyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,2 s/ F9 ~0 l* U5 g6 @$ j/ p. o4 Q
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) B- {, D( T0 a6 L) B4 ?5 |: \8 @
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) s5 |9 N \1 J; i, }" G- S! k
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
# K1 ^3 ^$ K/ h; kA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
5 Y$ \: y4 y9 Q. C[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! d ]+ z5 o* S5 e8 d; l9 h(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
W/ O) C/ j& ]retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
$ `& h, d% k& N+ cpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 ^) G+ s3 d/ s/ R$ |3 {4 E(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 o9 v# a$ D9 q3 K
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a/ l' G. [! u3 c) \( u
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.& V+ T8 a1 l# ^- t2 l
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In, M$ F1 u* Z1 V0 J) I; i* ?% H
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,9 v2 W8 H' {( T0 z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
1 \$ k* j, H; Y7 ~6 h' J+ u5 i ^! a/ b, f7 P( k1 b
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 V3 p* z U. C/ }) ^
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