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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 Z l$ ~: ]* i# S( S OInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
- C% r5 b5 K* g2 \% Z2 [7 c4 ?: {( \7 O' Hsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
6 ]6 P# f3 a" W) vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 W9 G1 y5 D9 p6 S
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) C: G, ?" b5 ?3 k8 Z
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 ~4 E2 C1 r6 d$ x0 C8 WA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=. n. x5 U2 p" g/ Z$ \( q
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
9 P& f: m3 F, d+ Y(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 Z" T; w( |7 d, T; K+ h) }+ Bretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on3 S4 q- g) t# f2 X
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
K$ r& M1 @8 ~8 J(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 p: A/ D& ~# v$ ^segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a9 X' m+ w% f2 ?, N: v: ~+ D" @
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
, {2 Y1 w5 D, L9 q2 A L# mend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 ^% B m1 _: t( [4 ?' fcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,0 G n/ K0 }4 {8 n/ X1 C6 f9 j$ V
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., |0 J) G* S/ o/ p$ r: [1 T8 W
" @. O) W. p8 U F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)( L( Y3 @0 ~, D5 L7 R
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