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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
1 }2 Q# N$ c" i( UInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
+ z6 e5 N: g- asyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
* n" Q: M$ x; N, ]and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
0 x+ `( m7 M F4 {(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- Y: g x& q# o2 y% ]retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- Z3 P& |5 f2 ]0 q8 ^: w- a- NA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( R9 m9 _& V2 p6 O[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
% K: ]0 z) M. i' F0 e' {(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving( Q6 L$ f$ L; ]- y2 Q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
3 A4 H8 e; n1 N2 m4 _$ q; E" [# Npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
4 A2 r" P" ^2 _5 U$ e6 @% L(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
; W' u$ B5 ^+ Q- B& psegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a" L0 v- n: m e- ~ ?
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
2 S7 z8 X* ?& p9 L cend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
5 S* X$ }& Y. p6 W6 ]6 ~3 \) Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ v3 t; N3 p; i U# _0 j( H
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) s8 a- P: d! |7 _0 e
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(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)% v k- I* [* x+ p; T! @) M( O* y6 H. c
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