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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The( w5 f; g1 W+ E3 B- c
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the* `! Q) l# ~1 H/ D/ F1 G
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,7 Z( ~: A4 F$ R4 b7 \3 w5 h6 q
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 t ?7 T9 S+ z; b+ z+ J(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
8 N. A- }. r% h! e: M. `retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)." G) p8 _2 ~0 p. X0 d
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) W6 Z$ q M& J7 b2 S
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! B+ ?) i/ ?" Q3 Z9 G1 A(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
# _0 Z F# U$ dretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
9 P1 N, D, _( n1 {3 j6 Y+ Y, Epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset) ^; b& z) e6 B! L1 T
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' }+ s. m2 Z; v# g P0 ]) ?/ E8 w
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a5 ?8 b2 S# @5 `; c' t" x; [
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.5 a$ \! f# z' x6 [
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In- ]' E9 g( r6 T& ~3 }: C; N
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,4 x& R" P. Y7 P5 O1 |
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
& g7 K5 A* ?7 G" u4 K9 i* ]; ]3 L* ]3 F8 }, k; a) |& J
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
" ?9 H# Q0 N/ ], [# ~+ H+ cand American speakers of English, |
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