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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; q- U; o. w g5 |0 I: GInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the3 v$ E. i% F6 b! @1 Z8 t2 }
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 z) d5 T! k0 y" N
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial" R m; n. P3 R( O1 _
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of3 I' G- C3 {0 Y5 g2 c* d. q' M
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).; {+ _$ y! z0 }" f4 H
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=+ b1 v( i( d9 X) Q, T) G
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
5 X: j2 H* L E& S% `7 B(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
6 ^& Q8 ~( `9 F% k4 |retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ g. i' O* @# Q* l
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
/ L* }& |* U4 S9 Y(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two8 \! }0 b$ D1 q( U: }6 [5 {4 Q, `
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
# y0 \& o9 @3 \semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
7 H+ G5 y+ w8 J. @+ H" Iend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
. y9 K% b& }. \! qcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
# G8 ?3 C# ^5 Othe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..6 }, V; F7 n3 A6 o2 E2 \
( ?, m) `7 m e. X(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
5 `) E1 w( b, Z/ {4 B$ _. y! Band American speakers of English, |
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