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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The/ y. I* H2 F; H6 X
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the0 I! N w+ G6 N2 p
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
* E. f+ a+ M; M+ X# T; Hand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial* Q9 {+ A8 P& ^1 K$ N
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
S( P ?( Q+ W2 Z/ ?& o" ^retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).3 ]% F9 m4 T4 C; R
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=2 }. ^7 ~( O8 r: I% C$ D _; c A
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]' H/ I4 f8 a8 y( K# k0 M, G4 a
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving0 ~8 x) _! V9 e1 l# d; F) I( { I3 K3 E
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
' H% `. W5 Z9 F- q8 y/ b! Fpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
, a' `" P2 U* F3 l, x(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two* V0 g0 B V j1 T# L
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a/ {! g( s5 Y+ Q3 ~0 P/ [6 g
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.1 |: E3 z0 Y* W Q# X
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
% G6 c% k! Z" Acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: p! N) }% M5 q) A
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..3 U! S' |* \$ @/ \
# p6 G& j/ p4 o(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); p7 Y0 W3 r1 Q5 [' R
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