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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
7 }5 f1 }7 p) Z5 RInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the3 C! @2 H1 Y5 j. h
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
1 x# q+ k! m( P8 @/ w' d0 ~% S Pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 h) \2 }2 R- x$ i8 l! ~- W6 M0 |7 B7 f
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of" ^7 Q: }8 S; J% ?( B ~" L
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).* `' S. Q! _/ Z
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=8 l7 ?( Z: Y" E4 ?4 H- {
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! K' Y- H: U M7 k5 L' M9 e3 G(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving# [3 R+ ?, D+ q6 ^( Q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
3 K& r3 \* d% J) Z( P8 qpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
" Q4 S- G+ |5 x+ A! I9 F. k(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
3 U! E7 S- u* W9 x3 C4 s& n- @segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a2 {9 z* H, g; f9 m8 R
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.( O) X/ J$ }+ `
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
0 ~" S" B' h+ Kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 U) [/ _1 P% E+ T8 U ithe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
2 Q1 \4 f- N" v% B( B; b: Y; F# o
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. C( l9 I/ }% k7 r; Eand American speakers of English, |
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