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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The( e: [2 y+ l, E" J7 h" e0 V1 X
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 P/ \) v& ]5 f" Y2 C, |syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,0 m. {2 t" H' R
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
! @0 Z/ R& {) [ f4 B3 {(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
6 U, a( ^& [: D, y# h+ m2 D$ bretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" c( w6 ^9 Q2 t7 p6 n% G6 u: IA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
7 v% @# X+ d$ V# O6 a: d4 q[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]0 j3 Z4 {* T9 N$ w- ^3 L
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; A, Y% [7 L; J( b/ P; Wretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( I$ ~; o3 b" L5 q7 j
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. V* n, Z" s6 E) L
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- X. G2 c0 \0 w, b- z/ t4 H# I/ ?) Z
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a( x) N* M6 E. \
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
7 G) J$ `* S) Bend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! @7 I: _4 ^- m* y, ]
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: Y; Q5 V: I( }' }$ f- I% t
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
7 s$ l& T3 v; B; r
; G- U& [9 E: Y2 d4 ^. r(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch). k: V, c3 O- m/ G
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