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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The+ g7 }! l, l. Y: j
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 u k, f2 `! d4 ?# J
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,! j3 s/ J& U7 }7 i
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial6 k6 W! S* j) B
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
. b& z b9 ?# Q. l, Y$ h/ X Tretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. _% q3 r+ z# T3 p, [* Q" W2 i
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# Y( {9 \, J0 E \7 K1 L; q5 B" W
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
' y X* s# |' ]/ C( e(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ P9 K( B6 O9 Y! p! P" A
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
. x! o8 `+ |' G8 H2 g$ ~+ {possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
# y! S) {. p/ ?% |9 v0 S(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 l' `3 n* a9 |' ~" nsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
$ S# \" h, I$ Q2 x3 x3 J+ s7 Nsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* u6 A+ B3 m( j% Y8 F2 q j
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 S; y8 e' t8 s7 |4 |, gcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
Q( q% k, W1 I6 K5 \6 lthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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1 ^" A- p( {/ `* x(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)/ P0 O* }4 W$ f0 d7 o: E
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