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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The2 Q' e% l9 Z3 m
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
7 r! I6 p9 C5 I3 N# H9 Asyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' Q( Z. |, W$ hand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
" k Z0 v ~; @* P; n# K; a0 D+ a- @0 K(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
! g2 T. E: w: \& n0 tretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
% F$ [6 |! E: o" v1 U9 t6 qA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 T8 V7 ~$ X' ]; r
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
" V5 _3 [2 [. N9 @' U, J T4 c/ o5 m; d(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving m/ V C2 _8 y, V
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 |1 ?# n( ?) W# A; jpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset; _$ s9 c f9 g4 p* {
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two* V+ D4 g4 G4 R2 }
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a. i7 Z. A' {3 A( b3 q
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
. M2 X8 h, z/ J5 F C0 P3 Rend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In; p( D5 P9 e u: e( b! ]. p
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 ?. p4 J9 Y! c; U" B; Gthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- Z9 \( {' I- J! ^ V4 R3 T7 u& f# h% l4 U5 `, B
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
v f( I4 W$ `$ ^, eand American speakers of English, |
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