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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
6 s/ v, q& [+ k! e7 I. V, BInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the# n9 }' ]7 z) C2 `9 w
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
q. E. H7 x. X! p5 B' c$ K6 tand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial, j7 @* b9 ^/ y! v8 T0 k
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of! `7 e6 r9 k4 t9 K1 w7 s s1 @2 x2 Z/ }
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
+ `6 k& w% ^+ [1 ]# }: V) f+ l# I, {: VA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 j" x# _! B' B$ F2 @. E' t- o
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
. f6 A5 M8 a8 A9 u+ ~(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving3 O! d c4 D! x, C; i# k
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
. C5 s0 m, r$ N! G: q3 apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' _. A8 y m1 G" t, s
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 I" r/ y1 N* z! K5 @
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) _" O- \# \4 V5 z0 W/ v6 d5 Jsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. D5 L3 i" b1 ?
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In; B1 V; |9 D5 K4 t$ E7 d
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
- M4 t* H$ P- }; U0 A# ?+ Qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
! I% b. _) T" f- d" P j6 W5 x7 ~
: b/ O8 J& e J# q( Z- i, D(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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