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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
1 Q+ t* K- t& @3 n0 F. D9 cInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the ? n. {. B, _& X
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
/ b6 k; g9 v- U9 K; Oand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
- v/ r9 t# d& r(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of9 b" f$ X6 v+ P6 a- r
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) k7 X9 m) a! W4 o3 q
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=- _* i( h1 D) o" a4 U3 {
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
" m7 B. |+ ^) g9 c# z(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
! g/ ~4 ]! c- K: s0 w7 s2 {# ]$ ?retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" f2 c% |0 f# ^" H) p- V \
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset/ N+ m) F. R, u7 a% O
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two# ~6 P( m5 a% K A' v+ B9 @
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a" @7 L, f. K: @9 C) Z
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
0 w+ p/ N- d3 K" a1 r/ Lend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In+ {2 n1 S5 e9 ?
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,. v1 @2 |1 H$ o. b: u. T( U# i
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
+ i; ^ k7 Y5 l4 B9 x- y: d4 u* C. w; C" ]5 M
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
; G) V h5 \' s/ O' X5 m1 w! |and American speakers of English, |
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