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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
4 ^5 N$ |( ^2 w- KInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the/ a: @& X- U; x6 a/ \
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,8 m6 g- o. A, x q; X" U
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial; k; L$ T7 l1 t y/ R0 j6 U0 I9 i% c
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
0 A0 V% T4 C# Tretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
8 x2 P* ]; I7 q" s0 Y. {0 I; ]A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% y C9 R+ [6 X; n3 o1 s[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: q& t7 p- m# i2 I3 A(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
5 Z( Q# y! m+ L9 Oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on8 C4 r y7 y- x
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset8 {$ Y, k8 {/ L1 \0 [; t3 T
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
& g% q( C& `6 g9 A( y1 O6 S6 ~segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) V0 l" ^2 f8 `5 W! i. C8 ]semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e." u' S$ k$ F$ C& X) J
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In0 ?0 Y6 i; R1 u8 L( R+ u& t
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,! B. T/ D" T) N7 h. @( K# ^( w
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..5 R# S& T6 ]+ Y
7 C, S% n; r& g, e, T5 k. }, S(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ h: D m. X7 a- w
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