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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 p, T; \ t0 J6 d( `/ kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
}4 A" X$ `, I# M. l/ ysyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# a6 t) n- w+ T9 z" W+ X( W! U. ~4 v+ _and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
; t# N) k" \2 \! |9 J- a(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ \( Q" Y: M/ p0 sretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
2 f- p- i4 g2 G( Q& |A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
0 e9 m/ Y4 \1 e6 F[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# {8 q, k D3 O
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; H2 s1 K. S `! T/ P0 b) v6 h) G" Tretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
$ Z0 e j& G2 E% q6 j8 bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
, r- C( _& G* B8 m(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' s, r; R. t" @) y) U8 ksegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a( q+ d) u( @" b$ S
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.9 M) Y" C, Y& E1 V. q1 z. ^0 D
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
- |& Y& O% P9 F) Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
2 a4 o7 z* G* q/ Pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..% O3 X: G8 g! }6 v6 |# H9 m
5 }8 W D0 ~* M" U$ ?
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
9 y& C% s4 D8 w: \; [) yand American speakers of English, |
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