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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
( k+ Q) E* P* TInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
4 K; L' Q2 j" A' Ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,* Y% A2 \$ S1 e
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 r: Y2 C" q: V4 ?9 j. s(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of. G# i9 [* O) I7 }4 S% e/ z
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).2 P4 \: Y- v8 {! c- d3 ^7 X0 u
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% w( u2 }! F, y6 W, z z% y1 I[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
# Z! \& H! g, T" N7 D4 c l7 g* R(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ `% ]! }* D7 x9 _6 c$ U( W V
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on; V3 T( Y) G- \2 U& F
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset f: s+ y6 H Z- R* ~+ e; O
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two/ a: o+ e- g( f" d1 ^. X0 `
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
( H6 Z2 W4 l6 z7 ?semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e." ~# O8 `; n: K$ }3 Q
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
5 E, } L) I" o/ _( M6 @% Fcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 F5 w- J+ ]0 J8 ]
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
% A3 w/ h6 m2 O, C) Q* j- k2 Z7 Z/ C$ f7 m$ p/ w7 F8 o3 o }
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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