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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The8 G" b( k2 f2 o" }
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
8 E2 S% B! ]$ J# m8 G6 Fsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
3 ^1 e- K4 p6 G m: u# Gand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial* z0 P/ O) ?: N$ H# N" @7 a2 M) Q
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 j# q& o" ]) k+ b& s; ?retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)./ a; a. x9 q, @; k1 c
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
! {6 `& T4 s) E[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”], y. Y( L6 o: z5 F+ M% W2 a
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
5 o$ E4 K9 y- m7 s/ [retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on3 J7 A6 A, `# j8 t
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
/ W5 R7 S* O7 w(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ |& y2 Y6 W% e' @. X% _) ?, l' L2 \
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- g8 Q% s( F* wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 X4 w2 {4 m+ T
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In. D- o9 a3 I9 @ E1 t: u3 M
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,0 Q; |$ z" y q! @& {3 X/ \ o
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! w2 h7 b. Y% m. m
5 W8 O* l# T- \( F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 E! O* Q- e& h0 I9 {
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