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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The+ ]3 K$ [ B$ F1 r
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
' G/ e5 o, o. ]" rsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,! u7 N( w3 P) z4 v4 @
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) C/ D+ |) W n3 }- |+ m5 r7 ^
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
& c+ P0 `8 V' j% Rretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
& P9 |9 t7 R, b& OA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=9 @, E; s" \9 _& N/ _* `8 [: H/ @3 z
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
# w4 ^8 q) |* J# I& b+ _' ~ Q(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
1 Q7 v/ g/ @( g% O2 Xretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" u) w0 f2 e0 @" z1 g
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* W0 u; r4 [: M# u% K- ~* e" o5 F& p(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two! @# u6 b5 b, f# ^9 I
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 q. L* g3 n4 n' ^ Q& J
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
4 {. h3 u# s. Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
8 X0 U( x( L" s7 j1 O6 M) dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 Q& K2 O5 |- K [1 {* g0 K9 qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..% v2 N6 H- R- y' |0 P
0 R6 J6 ?$ C) Y; L(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); O4 ]* g7 L# y8 h! g3 q
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