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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# ~* s; T: ]9 P1 m& a3 B/ kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the, G+ @+ I3 J! g" B+ o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 M ^' d; x; Q3 |$ }; W( F4 N
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
& _) I3 k9 v- f# D6 }* N5 ?(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- p- p0 d$ \. ^- X/ Z9 y0 Y& }retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
( |9 f7 H. f, b; fA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
; c7 e) \4 _! Z5 I; C' N) H6 }4 q[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
; L7 e: g- c+ U) g' f(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; S' o. ^% m& G- }8 |
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on& V1 V3 @$ u/ I+ L1 `2 V
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset" a1 r1 z/ }7 o5 Q L
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two* `% ~% |7 a3 r
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
/ U9 o/ u6 x5 T) @+ B! Csemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.5 r u1 N5 w' ?! Z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In3 D+ t. c+ A/ Y- F5 S
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 G3 i$ s7 T% n1 [5 F p9 }
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
6 T3 h, [! S9 z* r& X' y7 i. n' b- ~# z8 p, y, e7 ^
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
: \& S' y) u- H! dand American speakers of English, |
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