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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The7 i, ]% O# i6 A! H
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
) I* Z9 D/ V9 ^3 f/ D. x; z5 qsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
8 v2 Z, B3 `9 x# @) Wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial+ S) I, I7 r# l% ?- s* f. B, X9 _' z
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
9 l/ t* Q! [& h6 W. Dretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
0 E! u/ ^% Y1 Q& I' RA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=- P% W, \( d/ E5 e8 n1 e" b2 B
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ Q6 G% _. E4 m) l# D- F1 c
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 b$ a z8 B5 U
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
8 x2 o8 |& k( d; G' Epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 k$ S0 M7 b, \2 x7 R3 @9 c
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two [6 B) V4 [+ y v# p
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
7 [7 \& W5 Y) i, j b: N3 ysemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
- x9 j- W4 o! Y yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In6 |$ ~! A$ @+ _, D
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,' w& ]) D9 F j4 L+ M1 v
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
0 i4 ~) U2 P- q
; R% u5 I% j4 E7 P' f(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)/ Y5 t6 E2 z& \7 N3 a& b3 m! r
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