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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The# ?4 \. V. Q2 ~8 H+ C
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 p( C9 {7 E+ Q) f, J" \, k8 j: dsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
" y) }) n; s% W. |7 _1 W& rand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! ^3 R. N G: b% c0 l, N2 u$ D
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of# A5 I0 E6 r: O
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) r' F% J- x/ ]* Y
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% g6 f: d7 q. ?0 m1 l. ^/ X[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
7 l# {2 M1 c' q, V* i8 z; m3 i(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
( e: a$ W4 d! [& A9 lretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
* S+ m8 l6 P: [. mpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset" f7 m0 f/ D2 H4 u2 `4 l3 E6 x
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
$ L* u" p, r6 B; ^; Dsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 D/ L5 ?; }7 ~4 usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
) z& h5 M2 j: m$ q$ v9 D1 C/ Lend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 ~7 n# u" E9 B4 Q, [5 F) d
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
4 [* u Y1 |2 Z! Othe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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3 K; X; N9 v7 p; |# \% p(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)5 j$ P3 }5 V6 {( [/ V9 e6 A }# q6 ^) g
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