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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The8 a! {0 @4 _9 }
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
) P. b8 f1 h' \% W: b {7 @) z) w2 hsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
, v9 z5 _- R4 R5 r0 N6 Iand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 G9 W3 w' n) B# M(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
# ~" B. k+ O1 q0 G% hretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
7 l7 v' J1 H2 B7 n$ JA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
# q0 [+ A( W9 _0 \# C$ q# F3 E/ \0 Z[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]1 p- z2 q8 S0 X! T
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving, i% J. q) r+ f; N* r
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 }0 l% l! V! i" K* G
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset1 \5 c0 b; Y+ K0 A6 y$ O" P
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' u2 L: I$ H. j8 I3 l; e
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- X, e' H, A! m9 f |semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
- {. A, d0 c; }1 K1 Y) H8 nend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 N3 {3 g2 i0 ^2 Y. s! L0 ]compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) v! b) V6 W5 V3 v: D% B! e6 Q
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
1 W, Y# L4 y" k% ]' K2 E
! i5 k& e) b6 M: {" W, _$ E(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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