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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; C$ c" d$ m" U4 w G6 l0 }6 aInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the3 K# r2 ^4 y0 p$ |8 F
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 D! {' L* _/ D, r6 j
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial# `8 B4 H2 e8 O9 [$ C( C* _* M8 C X
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of6 e f3 v0 Z' D) b) M" h
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
+ ?" H6 P0 @# @, TA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% T. U* j" U% v7 W[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
/ O0 b9 T* c- u3 W! W; V5 ](phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
7 F+ B3 |& Y) [% \/ Yretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
1 c: C# w6 x/ U* J$ _9 Ppossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
, R( t3 ]& B) y0 ^7 p(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
: }3 F7 f- T* ?/ s. asegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 K& t5 Y! F& v4 q' t
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.7 w, ~/ C7 T! x9 {7 W9 s& R/ _( b
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ p8 h" r8 m# l& O6 ecompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,; Q* O" Y! R' h+ x, A6 }, x
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 `7 W+ b) s/ l* t2 T0 @' K
: D' v8 D b$ W2 x/ {& o
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)( j( @) d" E L% C. Y
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