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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The2 l' w" L5 {- V! ^' f! }0 U
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 a7 M+ t; _# u. u) q6 @2 V; e; t
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; U/ D4 y7 C2 }, _- `! qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
0 [4 U3 J7 F9 D+ L/ _4 r6 v9 f) y. n(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 G, ^4 a1 z* Cretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! C/ O% M% u+ U# C) gA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=% b( W5 ~+ B9 r B8 {, Z0 f
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
7 ^1 k/ ]; x3 D9 _/ K8 c {7 b) i2 y(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
" f8 |0 O! ^0 \! S8 |( F6 z; }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( Y6 G# V9 ` H7 d) A
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
& T$ c, t( u+ L2 p( a, W4 `5 W(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two) `4 a$ V' b( g( b$ x) R
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a1 {4 F) @; n5 ]3 Z) t
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.4 }4 W2 d% l- `4 T6 ~
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# U" ?6 }. v$ g4 I% X* y3 Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,. ^: C# A% m& G( L! a% m, |0 z! N
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..: J7 y" o) P) O4 P/ o: I
' C# s/ C6 _# ^9 `
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! I: G' U8 O9 `
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