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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ j% V' \5 R- j1 [Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 ]2 x1 t) [/ s! S" O0 M3 J
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; G y) _0 j+ ?: s. s9 _$ \$ B: l
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ E+ p2 W2 r; l5 y(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of# Q; E5 r7 F8 B* r5 o" P, w
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).$ K" {/ j O% i: S! \" r) n$ x. b' j& G
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
! }+ }5 \% @( D1 Y- Q! \[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 O7 G( `# F2 P. N" Y(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving4 j6 T* X" _& u; a# w W, ? _
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
, B% U; @$ w9 \5 bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset5 J2 e0 t- w2 u+ q# k+ h
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
9 S: Q O* P8 r/ o" Vsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
+ G7 m1 c j z6 gsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
* `/ F: {. ~. X# F) @; e1 H) p @end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! k' [! _3 n% P8 B" m/ X, X$ h
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,9 A! P* \) p4 Q9 u
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) V( f# c: S2 l: J* d' p1 }: X& p+ i
" t3 a( `$ S7 A
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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