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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
7 C/ n; P( u) W( MInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 }& J; t- ]% @* b' ]0 |2 B1 fsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,2 f8 Q8 }* W/ t. h* Y5 A( `8 r
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial/ [$ A% g. Q# T: z
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of! ^' H g$ O$ g: R3 q/ c, s" m
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
/ q# }# W1 ]" RA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
4 ]: L+ J: p0 E[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]" _# w3 i) T/ a) m
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving& X. D0 I. B9 A% h0 P5 H. B
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on. X% H; r+ P+ M9 W ? l+ d
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset/ ^5 m% {# M4 R# s: Z- c
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
W$ M5 F5 j% o$ ] h5 @# L% usegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
( U% S2 q& D+ a+ f" _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.+ c9 @( U' z0 {& G. C
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In3 G" w, P; r& B8 B& q( n# ]
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,5 a, k$ N, h9 O+ [. |5 z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..; G* w& i" c* j0 m% D
" o% G* V' `& s5 ^(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
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