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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
. u: f0 r$ z4 w* TInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the+ R4 b$ s# u; b9 Q
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; \" \# E. e. F( v4 @+ ` M: z5 z
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! L- i8 Q ~; g9 }3 t Q5 _
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) E: Y) b1 w* O5 z F8 ~7 L. ~) h6 \
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
3 d, e; x% H' X' o: HA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=8 ]# l+ r" v6 {% Q9 y; d
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]- A+ [ v( X7 u. q* e; G' V$ i
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 L- ?) v& ~3 d& e H( j: @+ x( mretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
8 ~2 T3 X* x0 w/ ppossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
6 [1 `( o, u$ g" _6 F3 g(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two4 s7 G w! w9 G/ y8 x8 r) r9 v( s
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 s* B F" J! o" Q @semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.- g+ Z( j; b4 r+ F5 u
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
~6 X7 [3 X0 V& ycompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,' j' r5 {# o+ V8 h V, E* L
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..( P& m9 X. M9 _$ w" u
( R3 w9 j& `2 S, q W+ U( I7 Q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)8 I' l- r* S% @" n* L0 z: A
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