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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The1 l: ]/ x) z2 K$ ~% E: w
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the' c& \/ n( i1 ?$ D) t. @
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 c0 L( ?, J5 C/ S% I0 x8 n- j( u( h
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial, k: O+ m2 M) R3 u
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
" @# C+ a! v3 r1 W+ Bretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! h7 ^1 c1 u* D8 b& C& g" H) m, nA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
1 I. ~- R4 C, k[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]. J6 x0 \1 |* l) i3 u' }* J
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving% X6 ?& U' J. k3 j' ^
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
9 K& P8 I' Q/ [7 `- s1 a4 hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& L( f5 d; z: p* s; y; n8 _
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two: c# R) i9 V2 q; S
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a7 K: k l1 e4 l
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 ]# F8 V- ~) R# X* ^5 C9 j
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In7 N2 J: {8 y* ]/ V8 W! {: k: w q/ K M
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
* b Y& O' ]/ w8 K$ t2 K7 \the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..9 j- b" l8 _+ t8 t
& u3 u. I3 l0 H6 |(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
' S) M0 k8 F; x A$ i7 y/ zand American speakers of English, |
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