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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
$ Y2 g1 I, u# i8 ]& G# ?Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 u& D( L; U1 K* `$ s7 X
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,4 Y7 j/ T& g5 ]1 n7 u+ E9 f
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ G' o7 i1 k7 N8 T2 H2 ](or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of T' p- b/ J3 t0 i' r7 l. _
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- m' A- J ?8 n5 MA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 c9 N5 p0 u1 x
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* _3 m' J A. {# J5 N7 i
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving) D, ~. P% o! n" k
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 Z- {6 x* `8 M2 F+ S; L* m+ e! I+ u* m
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset8 l* V, l$ v; S- l
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- D3 d9 K4 J+ d
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
5 ?! g3 D7 s e+ f: f0 q! _' j: z" Msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.6 l: d$ L, K4 `. _
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
& l1 n* m9 b6 l! i ^9 R2 Hcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element," U2 _2 O0 d/ d( y" t/ j. D
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
, J6 P& B! e5 p3 x+ K9 X) a) k( b
* ?8 m `5 i2 F1 O; f(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch): M% A! \ A% M- N: ]* N( x( @
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