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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
4 @: f1 e1 Y3 Q2 i# G" H TInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& E! X& Q; b. G7 ?5 f8 b
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& K1 [$ j: u! g5 X9 i/ cand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 I: L, x& K+ K$ w2 i( K4 l1 V% B
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 F% v7 R/ `( n, }: C% w0 }
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 L" I3 q+ R5 ^0 k; e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
' @8 ^; Y" P+ D1 L. A[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
$ f3 I0 \' a6 r" D; a0 { y3 C) @(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
8 j/ I# Z* v7 p, c/ v/ u; Qretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on# I2 T. \9 K ]8 K. n# z4 C
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
" S4 x4 H) O' ?# j% e6 ](Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. `2 X5 B6 _) \1 L! _, U/ _; c
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
0 X; I1 x9 i0 j0 D8 Ysemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.+ W* Z! f: ^3 l; u
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
2 y/ m- O1 U8 Q8 x- B6 i; lcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element," f% l* y+ s. Z" X
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! R$ e2 n2 A* {; H, X- D8 q! j% G% z5 v
1 e( W2 K- `2 ^* ~(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)$ R/ B& j6 m7 T+ `4 ]4 m
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