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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
( Q6 l& Y/ T) a) R" A3 DInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 r Q$ G* S& k f1 V
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# `% R$ d8 P+ }7 t, u) \
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) M+ }6 Q: b* W4 S& J5 ~, d
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 T U2 R. n0 l% r8 U3 w
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
+ |2 Y- h: K% }$ B2 x% G1 S& v, xA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, G, ]" H$ X! K& S: |9 j; x[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 G( \# t% c7 ~7 F# k(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
, ]+ J- w) [/ s6 r* oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 b4 D6 P3 R1 u6 Zpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset( G3 x, j4 i: u) `
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 Z1 g8 X1 _5 i6 p# d+ {$ O
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! w/ v' F- o( F5 i, J
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
3 [+ Y$ L/ ^0 n6 w# h: C+ Vend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
9 _" v) e' j0 A% q5 Bcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 e7 C6 r7 I, Q$ X9 k
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..( S( \3 j8 V# ]6 R t& u
; p% S9 p+ N) Z# U t& D3 G* ](source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
: [- ~# ]$ ^9 Yand American speakers of English, |
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