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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
, f% W$ u% f% k; W/ hInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 w& Q6 v, ?7 r) _syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
, O/ Q7 C$ I5 K$ M5 a# C: V, m# ^and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
% u3 L3 Z) z$ T$ g& Z1 y! D2 ?! o(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of: d9 v) W$ `/ F. V) H8 r6 }
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).1 V5 a1 Q5 J. u8 i
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=& Q! e8 g: }) ~$ X1 Y+ Q1 @
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
* d8 D, r- ~. h4 M(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving* H, q D, j6 l+ z
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on% N: N2 o" |9 R% p0 }
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& A7 M; r+ k- B: P
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. E: P; ^+ r% r% Y6 @( L/ N
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a" A- f& L5 T* F4 C/ ^4 Z
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
1 ~0 _( O2 F7 v0 t( H5 |5 Gend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
0 y: Q: H% E m2 Fcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) {% C5 d* _4 ~% { {7 F* L9 Q% f5 `& ^
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
( N. w! l; v$ A5 l
& p. b! x( d, v& m+ f(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)2 g/ z/ u6 C) W$ ?# @3 Y
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