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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
) K! S& [3 r/ ~5 ]. kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
( i) F3 i5 P8 o) |( rsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,! ?' J }: r1 E) p) X
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) z# w- |' p- @* r3 r' p4 A
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
0 n" r6 Z' t! J, Iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
3 a5 k7 M! @8 g9 WA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! U) x) h* f% h/ Y
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ y' K! [; L. }: ~/ ?
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving0 J; R6 [. N' Q6 _$ f' H8 U
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
. i3 n9 W: H: ~2 bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
7 f) m0 E, [' F(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 R& t$ l( E5 c5 i, @, t& I! V
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
. C2 `: l! D" psemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. T. ^9 ~- C% W6 d
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
d2 v6 m1 g, ~, e$ v$ n$ \compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
. V, S% V' e ?8 ]" J3 h! m* |the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." W6 Z |& ^; x; u
7 `( V) B4 q0 g3 ?! H/ h5 ^$ F
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)/ f2 O9 f5 g& f- g9 q; ?, M6 }; @
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