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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" y7 y/ \8 ]& I9 L
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 H" l$ d2 Y& s3 n w8 tsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,0 C# B1 }9 }' X2 }, v/ R, f
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
' J) r# D! B/ d9 u1 o$ x(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 N; [! t- K* S/ m. Z, o
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 G, w5 i9 w5 k b: f0 K; i& d# |A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=7 X- ~; ^) d' A: C6 K: I D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”] E: d4 x% F' k' o5 g: M
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving- E9 g" w4 I) k3 {$ |" V3 v- R) x
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on8 C! [* q3 @6 x* K0 ^, t5 G+ S
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
( C" t% w; i) H' A5 Y0 @(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
3 l. U2 H7 `+ ]+ P* H, \; n2 msegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
$ P. E, `% B' ~, ~semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' J% ~4 M& p/ y& [9 Q3 l
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In* v5 g, S' Y8 U8 A8 [
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,9 X1 s% X# U% [ U
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) D- U" i4 y! h" C1 T
. R$ C8 n9 @ j# Q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)( T; d/ n5 T+ x! Q
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