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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
( u3 G! G( T& {, s- sInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# v& e \: q3 d esyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
7 O- m0 j5 c. N8 |1 }1 J" Dand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 I9 c3 Y, [* G
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
; w1 ]! d/ Z9 x" d1 c% {1 n& ~2 [4 mretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. [) a5 }% j6 J
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=2 Z# l" u& ~$ l- r1 v7 w
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# K( O# a: y- S9 Y$ x5 x" E4 T
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: t. X- W2 S) H; X% h9 Vretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
: u2 w7 g' A/ Z) h/ V+ J! V" Dpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset8 e. T) P7 Y3 c" \2 k
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, G' ?( [1 H E+ ^7 }segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
; o3 W+ v$ ]8 V. Y8 }semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' X S5 A5 T1 _; h0 y
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& D+ H& T l& A$ W6 f, n
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 K" m+ b }$ B! N
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
8 h$ M3 k% G3 w1 x4 e4 J& I
; u8 f) A7 a% H' r8 [3 R3 Z(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)5 x2 I- A/ L1 u( G% ~5 `* ~
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