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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The3 }# ^. `. t U, ~4 h: n, V3 S
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 s1 m! r6 Y/ `4 qsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( n1 p* A7 a0 X2 F- _& land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ r& U; a6 \2 @$ t
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- z% X4 }; n6 Gretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% I8 {. T3 P- _0 {1 p( _" y+ D
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
9 Y8 E8 J! w, |. V6 }) Z8 h[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
, w5 f8 L# w$ g$ T(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
4 e$ {& c5 P2 nretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on! A* i: d; A0 B4 ~
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' [4 M0 b. ]; R4 O$ K! U
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' E% u$ j( s* Z6 [1 P
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a: ~: v& ~9 i5 V5 {3 S+ E
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
9 [0 k* S1 j. a5 r0 E& aend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
$ V3 Y6 x; \& k& ~- H' r1 ?compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 E6 G: J/ m/ X( Q2 Z5 x8 N k9 t& sthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) ]+ e" R) c3 h& w0 Q0 d1 Q0 M
" L d" G6 C7 e
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
' W- l& q* c, n; ]9 }and American speakers of English, |
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