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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
5 Y1 v( o o* g8 e5 B7 p% SInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
/ M' F9 V4 y6 f8 b- zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
Z! C1 } ~' [" Dand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! x, p3 t' \/ Z; { c, j+ P
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 A& {! K( P$ y5 o2 j) ]
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 R$ [' [, Y; Z3 Q$ YA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=; m# t3 _. O; S3 {8 Q
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 R5 _- c5 {- B! y7 ?(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; x" R3 d% P) l2 ~1 C+ \
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, |8 f+ k; w9 d. Q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset: l0 z5 K) @( u' P, Y0 Z9 V
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two( e* Y, r2 S0 o' D" D* Z
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
! {& ^; h7 P4 c7 Lsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
! t. K+ ^, @) J4 P2 o0 send with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ f( D* e" w9 O" N" v) a
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 _% b9 L4 q. O" B; q& S. r) e
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." D0 U9 Y S% q/ ]* O) [6 }
+ b* x; A+ k8 a" G0 l' Z% r, T0 c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
+ d0 V5 g' ?( n& land American speakers of English, |
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