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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
t1 F d. ~8 Z% q4 Q) cInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 \1 X! }6 ~) r, Csyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,. }" J5 x6 k- e# I' E
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
6 m( T% O$ m7 B! g2 d; m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of2 g) k& u! c O
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).$ c8 e6 r/ D/ m
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 J X, t! J( g$ A
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]2 {* K x0 ` h2 F
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
) }# S$ w8 l, h f1 U* R; [retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on! ]/ f/ ^8 J# w! ~. W$ k0 E
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset/ K. S4 u* ^! }8 U1 z9 @! v
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two/ m! P7 F8 D% |9 `' M
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& X* U! m% P1 z/ h% }semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.1 {& I8 D7 ]# O4 X
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& e% s- n0 a5 D T4 k2 o( j
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
, v6 g6 S% D' Q" mthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) Y. E7 H5 M1 m& I+ [
+ W5 h2 k5 }) E, \* C(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)- s( d: A9 t* }6 Q; |" b
and American speakers of English, |
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