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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The( W! o2 R8 ?5 g: Z% o7 @6 X- a
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
6 c( |3 t0 W& ?- ~0 S! B/ e7 D8 n& G0 ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
7 ^5 l- m# O- B- I! O8 ?and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
9 M; ^# Q) M; ^$ X! ~8 X1 i(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of. r* N( c* X U: A
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).( W2 P2 e. j$ y1 i
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=. S! ~$ F/ Q0 n$ Z/ M
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]5 W3 h% W! d8 G G* Q: e2 p4 N4 g
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" w( x7 `4 u8 o9 D4 ~
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
& g8 U/ e0 g# Apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset9 G8 W$ n& O' }& K' i
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two" k/ H' K6 A' i d2 c
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
1 p: `1 O H: w% ~5 hsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.) @5 X, y3 C& C0 F& x" y& G
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
1 \9 {/ i6 N Lcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,( L2 N2 y9 v" o h
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..$ X+ C. j& A$ E& A
9 S* B: W& t$ y
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)( ^) N" Z& Q5 T8 d- W [# J
and American speakers of English, |
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