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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The5 h( S. ~0 `8 n
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
! \; I1 ~& w+ W, h2 A! z$ Z. Asyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
. @& U# G- w, _3 \/ Land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) _; W d( W# D
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( Y" u% V7 L: \ [0 C; Y' gretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
n6 G1 t" W& t, zA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=6 L6 _) a7 T7 Y* _
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
) x) ?! c; Y, p8 n# f+ R(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving& n, y; W. U' w& i. u
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( }+ u2 ]. E5 v+ }, m: k8 s
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset9 E- K- Q" ^# J! {3 f
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- b) M8 Q( b* [' q+ Q
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
, Y3 v* O7 ]) K3 q- ~semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
: X9 o7 m: E9 ] }, K2 Xend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 U$ n& P# w) A- Z1 kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,+ S; W5 T4 A1 z6 t+ k! v6 Q
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
N6 }) d$ ~3 _3 {, g5 R1 D* E" l* K B$ s- M7 |- r2 V; Y8 ? B( Z
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)" N; p. E- `6 [& |7 |5 K( B
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