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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
" ~$ h% n$ _! c K2 pInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 d2 `9 W" E% A. J2 Zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; Y1 A" m6 }/ x# G6 rand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ W- i4 `- L4 H: s( U9 W(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
/ U- K2 w+ ]( b6 y9 ]3 Tretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).* V! R$ R8 F& d
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% v7 `! }2 {5 ?( D( I X: t[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
/ t3 O6 p; h/ b(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving/ i0 T3 o. f) N( t* z& S% R9 }
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 |1 n; U/ l2 l% k7 N! F
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' ?8 Z8 I O2 y% L- c
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two& U- N9 q; P# A
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& `8 W2 N* d. Usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
& N4 W4 E4 q3 pend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
. v3 {6 Y! ^" m# T/ Jcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
) U% C, D" |2 _2 j ? tthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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. `& C' U. \; O E5 G- _! M(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)$ w c$ b. m: J7 U% }
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