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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# M- G* C5 g3 ?; j8 q" TInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 u) J7 p- h" i3 l: ]9 |* x( A+ e7 Csyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# y) [8 \ Y2 L# S
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 p! o3 M$ g, u. J/ w(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of+ f7 V [6 f$ F" R& m
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. r. I9 S9 _7 X3 ?
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 h* g: ]1 Q* _. Q. }: E7 X: J
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
. N& W" k1 i! @! f(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
- g# h/ c) Z* bretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
; M5 U! O* S0 `( y( V. [* r- bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
3 L d6 C# }4 h9 V8 j2 W, h(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
# p% U- W3 L4 p) tsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 C8 T5 Z( X( k8 |semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.. H/ I# \/ E, V+ Z: z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In- [+ E4 U+ G0 R* p! j
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
2 R8 }- C5 o7 N& s7 mthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..7 N1 R& `1 V- ^/ p5 E3 `' Y
- n0 A4 n C2 N' u
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)4 A8 a- T; K* t8 g
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