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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The9 G- L& _9 R6 T( V6 r3 a
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 @1 G3 m; [: ~+ Z+ lsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& E* w, F$ S2 P% tand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
2 M% Y: d* j9 B# i; j(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of9 H0 H/ B$ u+ @" s9 r% ~- B
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
r2 j$ f/ X: n0 ^A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, C5 H( i; s' ~$ x u( P* G' @[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
3 `5 X7 ^3 D8 ~8 i" W" b(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving. C- j" p$ @* `
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
; N- s# \+ B# H( `6 g4 ]% Z# Opossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
' f; H/ N& T) O1 C(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
# U3 i# R5 Y% Esegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a1 x1 B0 A, g! G* _
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.! M# X" Y% W9 ]9 b! h
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' ?* e. p: R: C2 D' L% T1 ~# acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,6 R% L0 u& Y8 c# Q$ q* K7 d
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! {8 |( N0 T% v, H6 B) \
% o; S# k" ^ F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch). h z$ e8 }; `) |# w& u
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