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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
' k1 {6 n- O, }( F# h: Q) rInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the. e- P) b# Q2 f8 G @- f
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
" S2 ?7 s" |, C8 Uand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ R* P o: A8 s) {. p6 L {
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 Y0 a: C# d5 p, U. C6 z) c) gretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).0 F! e& J; C- J E& u
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=- x: ^) |! }! G% r' G$ M( P8 D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
& U3 S# A' n4 }2 l; ^(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
7 o; q/ {: |! ^3 D1 \7 j% R0 T& O qretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 H/ q# `- b# O+ h
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset0 B& X; M$ k" f" s
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two) Z( q: h$ u# z2 x1 |3 g
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a# z$ ~8 B; w0 O- _& B
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
- _! s! J2 V% D0 p% K. A. bend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 \6 ^; v# M5 f( x2 \( t
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ f& s. V& ], Z) [0 w
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..$ ~) P: u; ?" Z' p& _
$ P# x3 L9 Q( X9 g(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! g1 ~. T# U2 G) o
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