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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The @0 d6 _ C6 ?. `! k& i
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the. }0 |" W# V( V- l. l9 m
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' a+ z* z" t6 _# ^! ]: t2 G: o7 P' R2 dand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 Y: k5 L9 B) j p9 [; M(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 f7 S! u3 H& q2 r
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) b6 B3 b2 n+ f
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 F8 p0 }8 r [" z+ A" h* P; p
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
3 Z( | h" M6 e3 @6 x8 J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
, f3 T G1 C& `: j7 \6 yretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
& P, W t& s# ]& o( Cpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. | ~* k& ?9 U9 J/ P: M) A
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two& M, J k5 K4 J/ p
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a( q5 X- J( a! ^7 i( G1 I9 f
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.! f$ U+ I8 S- l) n# ^
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
4 `1 R& y2 _. bcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ @1 r# E- G$ |" I6 Z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
% n" X+ Z1 P8 S, L9 z( x: ^0 b
$ c2 x5 T6 A2 H$ K(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)6 e7 T9 d5 n+ p* ]
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