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Medials meaning
plural of medial
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Initials are initial consonants, while finals are all possible combinations of medials ( semivowels coming before the vowel), the nucleus vowel, and coda (final vowel or consonant).
Often these medials are treated as separate from the finals rather than as part of them; this convention is followed in the chart of finals below.
Unlike Japanese or Ainu, Taiwanese kana are used similarly to the Zhùyīn fúhào characters, with kana serving as initials, vowel medials and consonant finals, marked with tonal marks.