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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
9 p' l$ B7 n; _! NInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
8 U1 k/ o* O" m& N, Ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,% ~$ N1 n ~' \4 Q% Z1 G
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 ~4 B8 Y! M; C% ?) c B
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 P* a3 U P: i! ]/ n% Yretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).1 T% y, G) r6 K8 U w
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=. a0 M$ d3 H( E! O% z" W# W* p" `
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
z' @- v) [7 v3 z- H$ W; Z0 Z(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
1 q+ I( D1 l, l! F, |( aretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, Z6 Z1 ~* T4 y7 o N
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset$ s# ^9 q0 n% e" F$ Y6 @8 f3 G3 u
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
8 r+ M& Y$ m+ c: z2 T2 }. S8 Xsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a J4 S/ o% P: d- H3 B5 H
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 a* T6 r8 ~6 R7 S2 H
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
( l8 `* R$ S. L( Ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 m$ I' ?5 z% vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
4 N; ]7 G- O* b0 @; T3 r
( k$ X/ |* A) S6 V" i1 d: v+ B. D(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)4 A* @! x. l; H
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