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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The* B. G+ q# z. Y) v2 c
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
( o' B$ ^/ v U5 asyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,' i* w! m2 _- E' I7 k2 S$ K9 D5 H
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial* c0 m( F; f& i) w* y
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 v! _- H& O- U' F) ?. W5 Q' F
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).; {! F% g0 w \0 d' L# f' v
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
3 F6 D' V6 O- S' ^[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
7 N) x2 c _! y& a( k(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving2 m0 v, O& w0 g
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on' ]( Q2 @7 I4 t8 G
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset! g- i2 [) X5 [7 X/ q z
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, w+ E) F0 R- B7 d8 |8 osegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
K" @8 h0 c1 f" v) c% y( g$ Usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
* N/ @! N$ B: t1 f# f; w$ Cend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
& L1 P @9 r7 `0 n3 Q. Ncompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
0 M g) g. I& ?2 R9 z" y. Mthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 C7 \# O7 k% f8 Z3 L& g7 F( L
" J( J2 D/ D8 @6 `# I$ c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)- g. u+ b0 s/ G- S. D3 Z q
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