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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The6 n* ~% n0 g+ `% U* H
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 I6 _$ X) w" o9 B7 g7 W
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
9 R& ?% G; X% d2 p( E& Eand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 I9 h! H( A* D, v1 v
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of5 G) R, A& K5 H4 B6 n1 m
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
7 n8 T+ i7 W+ A( vA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= S- L6 a9 g) D" W$ r
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]1 I9 F8 t% X/ J$ x" n' U
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ ~: l# b2 G U) K- \
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
5 T5 C \! L9 s$ n* K# Upossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset* v4 {3 q- R/ i7 @% f$ N: \
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
; U9 z* b9 i: F( `segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a' ]* p- L* f. p6 L( Q* d+ s4 q( W
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% ~- l/ I; o; jend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ h# Z- V! r( U) Tcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
& V* z9 `: e2 r8 s, M& ~+ y& v# `2 z1 Lthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- C$ m b9 e# V+ f9 C' P5 \+ B# Q* {) I4 v
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)% T8 [+ i+ Z+ f2 N( q& f
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