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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 m! K% r1 t* B! |" {Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 d! p6 e& G. Dsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ `3 c" X" V8 t6 H3 D2 V" tand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! m) l6 H# K% j i6 B0 Y
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ n W% G4 _: p0 T7 qretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 r4 V1 |1 @# x1 n6 S" M+ R2 TA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- n- |1 X, S7 }. s4 v D) ?[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 x; M9 i0 [# E, I+ D(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
/ W7 b. A9 q- r0 Iretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on8 Y. R, K, C( R! v9 `3 I
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset+ f u8 p" k6 y, B* _4 e5 j2 P
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
/ V# d6 l# n X2 _) jsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a" ^) M' U* H6 _2 f& V3 d; Z
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.. n" r# z; Q+ u5 ?' _8 @7 x* @4 |
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In0 T7 x, I) w! U0 j
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
/ @. q* A7 M1 t$ pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." T2 t; S) ^: ?; ?" ]9 k8 m: ]
. l. R/ I3 b* D' n5 u
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)& i8 ]1 C3 Q6 n2 S! o
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