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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& Z6 k; f8 i; f \' a# E! ZInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the# {- y0 ^# Z" E) }/ w+ z
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 ?* @9 O0 \1 A( h' _
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial7 z3 R8 T# k# x% @. v; g$ o2 M$ t
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of9 `, x3 I8 f1 R# Q8 b& E6 A+ ?
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)./ l7 I- v+ q' Z& @! j( X
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- L4 d, s/ R& O/ ^. Z+ p o1 v. B# K5 A[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: P* P7 _; t4 ]: n(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
5 K6 T8 s0 Y! M4 G4 hretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
" K9 G4 j. @9 mpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 D9 J' j- u$ D T: M) o- p- m E
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 v! t A$ x l/ O. N9 a
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- }/ m( n8 N; |4 l9 F8 Xsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.0 K1 V* k. t' {$ d
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! w7 I, R: Z( E0 B4 P/ Zcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
4 \* z) ~2 W/ f0 Lthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
) `: n# D( V8 i2 F7 c9 O! ^. G2 g/ }9 L: B. ^3 d) y: V
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& a2 W+ `2 Y" L- {" K% Aand American speakers of English, |
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