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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& W) X. D6 c0 D( KInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the0 R5 ^9 t" V# t* M' l
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
9 Z0 L1 G, q( u" C% ], Wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 Y- I- u: A& o' O2 z
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
. e' F3 f% }* Pretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 O8 Q: [" b4 a9 E+ ~/ D5 S" qA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
) ?5 o2 D& N% d1 @! Z5 R! y: W' d[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]/ S# |' a7 j+ b7 v, P% C3 v
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
q( l" F; w/ V3 z0 M& hretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 v2 B/ ?7 W+ G8 b. o6 q) spossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset6 h, \3 E* d6 U7 w' h" z+ H& E2 `: H
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two6 m. W- g: J" o2 H
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a9 Y9 G* R5 |# h* \" S+ l$ ]* l
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% A8 N/ a5 e; p- ?4 |0 W( [end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# h! H# H6 C6 D+ @3 v* Mcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
) J; a: b9 e9 M" s' F+ B* A" A; ]the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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, Q7 x- E8 i1 b& ?: C(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)# m) Y6 o! g6 f& E: }
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