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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The% {: Y+ [& ~! X. _
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: J) H5 \. G) k1 Xsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# Y9 e5 Z" ~$ |( B: j6 M
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ d6 }. O0 R% B& o, Z; U! d. X
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of; ?+ J& _, d% ]& K% f
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).: s! ^) M7 N6 B, q# X! c
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 l, C; t1 p2 t$ }3 x, ?
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# |1 S' b/ A# y0 j6 ^" l6 j
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
- J7 f! A- W7 E5 \) J" oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 y* T3 H5 M! A
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset/ t; P2 s! f0 X$ D/ ~. q; k
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two d- A/ Y& c; V, ^$ _* ~
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
+ a& p$ ?: C3 `" Z, x& e1 Ssemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
$ _7 ^* n. F6 {# Qend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
: y+ M% p) i: R" Dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
* f( ~: {" ]% s0 uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
( L: o/ w- I3 l. N. d3 u/ e' @; H" P& A# s, E- r: _- q& n
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
# ]+ R l. q, w6 c1 ^6 cand American speakers of English, |
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