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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
8 G- T7 R, Q- Z% E8 ^6 HInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: C1 B) M, h. Z, Y7 j( E) q t$ F vsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 d/ {2 @! a2 i9 L) W
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
' D7 t9 @/ b( p) Q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
; o+ ^4 G4 T' ?) @" r, ^5 U! Sretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- o- o' E; I/ W$ |2 GA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, G9 ?1 u9 z. q1 I4 u4 V1 O4 E[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
4 ~4 u' e$ p" B9 D5 r& V H(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving L6 h4 B: @. t& `8 a, X. o
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 |* q5 o/ ?7 X8 f/ p8 g; M$ R
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' z/ l5 W) V: H b5 G
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two! |3 D, X8 n/ Y
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 b9 a0 T7 D {8 [semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.0 p, m( b# C" r& z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
7 T+ _" ]2 ]( s7 `0 T5 L4 E/ b( ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
. q% @9 x! [5 A9 {the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
" n: u, |1 U0 J7 S4 V0 b, c6 r& {+ ?0 C0 o2 n
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)6 w6 {0 n% J |. R3 R* K- m7 W
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