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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The' Y. y1 S4 E P( Y
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
, B: [9 J7 R( r! J, esyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) u) w9 j* m* B& E7 B$ qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
4 p) `; H. A! f" n& k) m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of% `/ |- t& j( k9 U! q5 x6 L
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
3 J0 |$ d. u$ J& d6 q2 TA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=2 }6 v0 i* j% ^" j) j0 c' v
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* \# V, [, Q6 |5 \5 k
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving! |7 w5 a$ i' e0 Q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on5 \. I$ W" u# h) E1 C
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
% Q# |' x& _+ p3 n& B$ T0 r(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two, ^ A' h9 v! B) b: f1 I
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a& u! D9 _6 B. a
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
1 I, i" T3 Q6 Kend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
. N, }/ z o: J6 {compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,& q8 F4 @7 Y& ]8 m& Y: f# x
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..7 u4 o0 T/ `: e! T4 t" ^! K
4 A$ |5 F0 J/ k7 a* t
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)) G) d5 o# ?; ^) E2 F& M0 Z
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