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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ {( \% { W( f1 Y4 V1 P9 Q; VInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the; ?3 ^4 ~- {7 W$ C7 Y. C+ J
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
: C" X, Q! o3 xand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
6 A3 z8 f5 y; m+ a7 _7 m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of1 D1 i+ t6 j) {+ \" \7 J
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
& M- ~" Q; D/ k. h- n$ `A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
6 Q1 q& @2 w* b' a! T[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]8 h3 J0 k) X7 F. ]+ p( t/ Q$ Q9 _* z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
5 `% Q# y: r: f# w; yretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 ^# t& M8 q0 Z) V" L8 hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& ]. r4 `5 N, H$ k" {
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two4 B _1 g+ {0 ~) B9 R/ l; N
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a# ~ F; p- O k& @
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* i6 i% S8 w$ L$ V3 ]* [- W: R
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! v+ \1 m7 ]4 G. ?
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,7 f: Q+ W% T- k- K3 B2 j
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..1 H9 u9 X. \0 K4 w7 F$ v* d% ~" i
$ B. e$ t$ l& d! n$ V0 g$ h(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
0 R: A, D& {$ pand American speakers of English, |
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