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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
! d$ w: V" p4 D& \! r1 RInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 b( ^, W: d0 E) U& Zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 |0 k K$ q9 m. o. z$ nand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 u. i* b+ U* G5 Y1 }5 C(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
: ]" _+ p& k/ n9 \ t, Wretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, _0 n8 Q5 Y8 R7 r* v# ]. mA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- p/ x) Q7 b; P+ `( ~[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]1 {" Z/ c4 \7 M+ s
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% H/ [: w" Z- kretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on& d& S: v! S0 M. J$ N) b3 I: f
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset" i) M' w+ d H, Y9 f# h; \
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two" M0 U* ~3 r9 D1 e
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a1 j8 y! _( u* z; c
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e., D9 b0 }- f# c3 H a4 S
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# E4 f: E6 \/ t, u4 A' ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 d4 u% S8 o) p4 ^, F% Bthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla... I; W+ q% s0 y' I
0 n# [# `' P2 m. p1 ^6 V(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); G3 w+ v) g& a+ Z! T
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