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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The5 J7 j+ @6 `6 i+ }1 I) A# E
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& O! d* G; t1 a7 ~" [( ]' |( y
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
* N9 R2 k+ z8 q, Y( H g/ p6 yand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 F" W- e2 l4 w% L) E& A5 {- e(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 @: |! N: l* eretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) t3 z# M% I$ a' p; C* y9 _A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- u) R* ~$ V7 m+ w y, B. B/ {2 r3 V[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
5 C) d3 [1 J0 w0 H(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving' F, i( C& q4 U4 A
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 c; M+ w& f. _, h9 G: t9 _) J3 Y( W
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 @- ?' h! d: R* p! U(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' I% n% {9 P+ B) W4 Isegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a; E0 Z/ i8 W/ V; J; y; v
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.( i. b% @5 L# X, {
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
+ e# ~6 k8 F }# ocompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 H& x, r8 @& D7 I: n {& Ethe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
" H! ]2 k" R; L. {5 W2 A5 ^) j( C) Q. a8 M5 D7 q+ ]* M0 a
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)5 |; _/ X. O" ]
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