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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
$ S% y K1 U* X5 r* b4 X0 y$ _Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the8 d! U' G) ~( o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
$ ? B! B: J" S6 P* g6 ^and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( }7 N6 m0 G& O3 _; r(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 h( K( r8 ?% d5 T. j0 F5 xretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).4 m6 @! u# b0 j3 Y8 y0 j0 a
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=' _) A# {: z0 d) H+ `; ]
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]3 r# o! \1 @$ Y
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
# v% r' [, v: Zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on# c! V; s, g h2 R) m7 |! k% N2 g
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset1 z: [( [) Q, R# E( I
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 x+ B) i) ]+ y; `/ i# Z+ M. p c
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) _( X. k3 I' K$ H$ f6 U1 G# rsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.2 D, p0 n6 v- m5 R2 K {( a- L
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In0 a6 A% v" D* W( G
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
6 d; I6 A# @9 @- _2 athe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
4 R% \ l: c/ k5 ]8 B8 {
* N4 F- K: ^7 H" v# ?+ K4 i6 b, x(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
/ Q4 y8 o# V9 H U- z0 c: I3 x! Dand American speakers of English, |
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