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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The5 C% l2 N8 U, y3 r0 p! C
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 l/ I$ n% N! U( ^
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, ?$ l# g, Q# }: D! B' u: M; I
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial$ [6 y: X5 {# R5 w& m/ ]' V
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 K1 f" h2 d, Q" v' r3 h
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).+ t; C7 u' ^1 C2 R. p5 @* O
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
1 d7 d4 ^3 b! |9 j; H. w9 h[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]: w, c' j/ d! Z$ v
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: {! h: f {/ Y2 @( M0 }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
3 w* e, i8 ~& l: j: s# opossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
r4 E" \4 H- B |(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, X( T6 D# x, n, T0 Csegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- m+ v" I' O# h2 |semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
) v* }5 z/ S% v/ e9 [+ nend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 V# Q7 @' ?8 E- L5 kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 [4 y0 u. x, i% Zthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..- g8 ^5 |, |/ v# ]) q. Q: \1 r
- z$ E' ]& x/ T0 A, l" |(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
6 F% w' O3 y* e, _" u/ uand American speakers of English, |
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