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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
: H1 K& m( ^; H' P+ L DInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the8 j7 T1 P+ {3 ^7 ?6 \0 \
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,/ H& H. S! r. @+ i: {
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
; T! ?( k2 {. ?3 O(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of$ x6 Y A' _/ `
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).* U7 l# V% |& T5 \( ^
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* s: ~% z" L& Z# P6 O$ o
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]9 l) [" c4 ?) n% M% h4 Q
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
, Q4 i: c- M! S4 M$ E' fretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
* _+ ] b' z @2 f" U2 Z1 O4 Jpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% _/ Z* f( J9 V. R; s# X. u# b
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two7 d+ X/ f; @: _$ q4 v% {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a* j6 T+ L- |/ J2 l; V' i' A' [
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.# B8 K3 u7 L2 w A
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In3 M) C5 S- R9 l
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,3 m# B/ A l# z* y+ M; D7 {
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..1 P, E& z$ l% s$ f, r7 |0 L8 [
n( P% e3 H( a# S
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)# G& W9 o& D8 Q
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