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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The, S0 Z& k7 g6 K" f: ^
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: U0 j9 i. `# U, a) y$ b( Tsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
0 }$ T* `: T5 Wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ Z7 u; J5 F0 N% x' ?(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
0 b6 e+ u* a9 `1 k& L7 r' ?7 Uretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! u' s8 G( O9 `A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=/ L/ X1 j# ^9 h0 M& t! z* |
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]+ e, Y1 z1 u) n' q0 |* J3 _7 C- o
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
. b8 A. F5 {. C% ?5 Gretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, M' u/ i) B. c8 d0 ^- \
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
A G8 X: {$ \( p2 M$ M( V4 _(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
0 M5 }: Y8 W) X, d, } ]segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
5 ~. k4 f$ r+ A4 G8 xsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
/ u0 F1 w* f3 Aend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
) v1 T; S- Z* ?# N! Zcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 c( C: P9 v9 _0 i8 @1 Hthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
+ o3 N r, M+ `, F& v6 Q m7 c1 s q- r' y R* ~# N5 }4 H
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
/ L @9 ?4 i1 ^: v6 X5 I' [and American speakers of English, |
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