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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- ~8 N- ]% X9 S8 gInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 }5 k* w/ j1 R+ o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,5 W* t+ Q: P. Z7 m
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 L4 x* ?' l2 b% a
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of" h: d' W$ B* z! C5 S5 |: _
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, I% m A4 r3 m s7 T: GA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! b- ?' U& S' K* D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
8 I; p' @$ O3 x/ L: k8 T/ W(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: x3 Q/ \$ e1 [" [. C! {retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 T! S8 ]' s4 b2 a6 ?possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% A. A% V& W, a( u# B+ ]
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. d, a- P/ k( N
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ I" v3 m" j+ H4 w3 F
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
9 o& I) p( B* |end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In* M4 U0 i4 L( ?, x
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
0 Z5 d& h5 C" h; b; x" ^the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
+ h9 q! ?9 N% Y. J3 X0 l
# P, t! l& k x3 z(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! x* }0 M7 R$ n
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