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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
* [ W) L( u5 E" z1 s3 BInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the/ L- a2 p1 P: I- u- i7 L
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) t- Z. A5 ~6 U
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial6 ~* n3 j! j0 b) v. Y3 P
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
h3 }: C; y- L4 S, t% e3 D( S" Rretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).9 v- o1 A) V: f$ }1 k
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=; V# ^5 e* {1 s+ r; l. U( c' f
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”] `6 Y) w& D& k7 ?/ ]; T3 K
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving _- _. U; M# @% @, _- b- g4 W
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
, K5 i: S/ f* K. ]8 r. apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset9 T0 ~) |: }' k8 o+ w4 E! O& ^
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
: ~9 W" V% p) k4 V! esegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a7 M/ u- s- w6 I- Q" E% V. K, m9 ~
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
$ J; [1 _& Z- ^. z, z$ ^4 pend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' {, L6 z! C: T2 Zcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
! [% W. l5 M$ y8 J& ethe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..2 W8 ^5 \4 o9 s, x4 z
3 F4 V) B2 O8 }- ^(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch): V3 Q. @# q8 T
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