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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
" F8 J5 G! ~' V# w' lInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the5 {! k% I% w9 f1 {' u+ t; g( W
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 S- g* \1 Z# O. c5 S
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial1 ~; Y1 A2 h S
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
& f) [7 c- T* fretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
% x. o: t4 h |! J+ w3 \A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) x8 P1 S& Q5 Y; X, v
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]4 v* G- }. K: ^$ D* b! O8 e
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving. ]1 i5 H& W, ^2 J4 c
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on; Q( P7 Q5 D9 M/ Y+ q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
5 Q; M+ Y* K* V& [6 ] ]) u* ?(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
) }+ m8 f. Z1 hsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a* f& _! s8 ]6 |- v. L
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
( j2 p; ]7 S( z# v% I5 ~+ y" @: Z5 E4 Rend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
+ f$ V3 P N2 e% acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
& u: I% S1 e5 |8 K$ Pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
; F* w" Q, z8 @; f$ E: }7 L
2 _: t S, r. g3 h" U% e(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 v. O2 i6 x U0 S( [3 k) e
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