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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" v. h( l; r5 [9 F$ \/ E' i4 h
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the: F' d1 w( Y1 ~) s) W
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) `% y% @$ h v% v+ O+ cand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ S+ q0 t ^# T
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of C) W5 u9 Y h! [1 e. T7 j
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
$ ?9 \: j! K0 P3 o: |, rA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=9 P/ z% R7 @* b' q/ o% X
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]6 ?( \. A2 `6 ~" T, L* ~% i1 X- r
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
$ |1 m. X4 [) F% ]0 Gretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 L* T0 ?9 K' V( R' `5 Y
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 J1 @/ N! c5 p(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two7 J2 V$ a; _3 x' V
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
, V4 F' ~0 U+ [* m% R6 Nsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ d7 e( f: I: {- }* F2 \/ {6 W! H
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In- G& w7 {, o& H7 w- k
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,+ r# I' F$ y+ S5 ?
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
@; D/ Z* q% C$ B0 q- I: q) W
, T+ E+ p5 s; D; X( s2 K3 t: `2 B(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 H& o) W, n% h0 \& X. `: K
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