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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
. ^8 j2 z$ t V" M; yInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the# E/ v# k# Q- m
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 P/ ~# }4 M* y2 z" B
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. r; F/ }" T; e$ ^+ J8 U6 O% L
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 \0 g8 P- S* u* U( d! L- T! ]8 n1 uretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).9 M v- }5 E/ j$ I. Z' b" u
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) `, g, U9 G$ G9 G
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
3 o6 v! R0 J3 y# M7 i(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
& x5 J! t* c6 {! I) [' cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" q: G: Z8 }$ Y6 u* M! @
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 Y+ Y# V* T2 A5 I+ ^* e
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 v- f. y- h- U: a @
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a8 X9 h# D' E$ E
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
3 I$ ?; K w$ y% x8 n% Vend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 F+ J( e9 I; U1 M$ Q2 j, w; o
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,9 W$ \0 }) Y6 d* B
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla../ q8 Y/ ^; ?' m
; U" V8 d+ s$ ^3 ]5 V" T
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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