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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
: x; ]; n3 z7 O& M. G7 f7 p* bInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the; P! {' B4 t3 ?5 {
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' _7 M7 i2 o `. Yand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 m: r" F* S6 f: y. Y8 I. g+ G
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of A5 X# J( W2 A- W7 H2 Q) }1 i
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" k2 b. l0 ~5 i' H) wA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 z) \( p; E# h# m* D3 J$ n
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
, v) @/ S. ?2 Z: A(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving# n/ t' A/ @4 q0 ?* i. i
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, T. |! G3 w* R! g. Q- d
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset; D0 A# L; U9 W6 q
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two6 e: v5 i% S: J$ ~0 E) J3 z' L
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! G4 t7 s" @6 J! ~6 N
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
$ H3 ]3 L/ F( vend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, Z, G% h! r, h1 J5 s: O5 ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,! a. }$ `. z" k q" \8 s$ g) z9 x
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
* o# U9 U% U& D/ D! u) X8 d$ g6 N. A( H3 e
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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