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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
" q: P( r3 {' S. A6 kInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the8 X: }# u3 k. Q1 I
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# L; K2 f+ c0 t
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ @+ e; K Z% f% l. V, c8 r
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 U, Y! O% I4 p2 X; B0 Y' J0 j
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).- E* m* i/ ^. W6 P! B
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- ]9 |' D" J5 d' Q" n$ }; b- Q[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]/ W7 ~9 N9 p& F
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
- H z. b9 ^7 m' Aretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 w" \3 J& a3 X# r5 m) S: jpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
3 q7 S; n6 J3 P* V# q7 b6 v; u) G(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
# h8 B* n$ ]. S0 p/ Osegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a E% I' i; n! Q" _1 ~6 s6 `7 H
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. y+ R) W0 X& P# D2 G1 A1 |
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
+ }8 k: t* D8 F/ W0 \7 }, H# ecompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element, _( A% c S6 f9 ^7 ~# {
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
* ~3 L, Y: H9 R
+ d& | _- u W) }4 P, G(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
t& }2 d: `; ~' x* m2 [9 cand American speakers of English, |
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