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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The4 M, w; [( `8 {
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the" U, n, E% O* V# d0 [( |: ~" o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,8 h1 _: U0 _9 u1 g6 ^
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 y3 }& H) k- j2 R7 W4 H
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
! B) t" @ ^. L. _- Yretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 \' v: Q# _* B4 l8 G6 AA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% F( O6 e( ?0 ~. ^) ^[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]' D" E, _. L2 O6 }
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving4 o* J/ g, x' z3 u" b
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on- U+ \- a: N1 P; w2 O
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
/ G8 V" T. ^8 L& k4 q(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two: O6 Z0 h# }' S, P% W, `6 T
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
" p9 ]( O1 x, Y# r$ q; r' H. rsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.+ w0 e/ y5 Q$ R' F
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
% o/ E4 y! n" o- q) ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
B( y/ H" g+ m- ?; O" Q9 e# C. Vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) T7 w5 w! B" x0 q
& m! `# ]- I7 F2 |2 K(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)% V% j+ U& l+ ~9 m! o# f6 @% p
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