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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
8 h7 ~: F, ]5 ^9 y/ L1 FInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 E: I# T) n4 m/ d9 L& P: r
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) a; e. s$ u! L, Q
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
6 K3 @% P, y; ?8 Q9 V& k( U# G4 ^$ d! k(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ J0 o, ]/ p+ s# E$ W1 nretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
0 h1 Z1 m; }* @# O# \8 p! P/ i: dA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
4 j0 T5 U) ^ Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 n' j: w! g" V! c% G: f. i(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving* s+ B5 E& i$ D+ ?
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 y. B6 L" A- a! o, `
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 g3 G$ Q2 N; F: r
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two7 c5 e& B `9 g6 L- k3 \! |1 p
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a: V; ~' j. ?! x. Q$ ]' w
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
4 `* r5 S; J: l' D5 }, Mend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ a- Y3 x, H2 x7 D2 [; s+ Z; r
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; H' [% g0 x; B3 X6 m d: tthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla... x' O" @5 ?2 m) M5 {
" A1 p! C" [$ k* B9 r0 o
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); F2 M7 z$ B5 a! @! g4 W" ?/ q1 \
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