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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The k( Y' q) d5 k6 C
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 t' y# B( o3 W# x) {$ ?$ F3 J& dsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 _. N* ~8 F" |3 {4 B( {
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ z3 f9 c4 s! h" \7 o' \(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
0 Q; ]. n; Z; O7 A2 ?" T' ^" G. m* }retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 S6 B) W* H: pA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
3 Y0 r; p1 K$ H9 O l8 O/ j[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
, h' A) |9 U' N' T) {(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
T/ j' _1 R. |/ J, X; Zretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on' Y U& Z9 T+ G% e( ^4 y- x
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset0 ?9 B- R K2 A# I3 J. }5 n
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two) K3 v3 F m; `1 u, x2 \
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% ]7 q% F5 C6 ]# J3 i" M& X) t
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" f1 A: B9 y' f' yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' j, X0 L/ b. H- ncompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,1 X, `) | i% O. I* U5 _! K
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..1 X0 }& F8 ~5 G7 V% ^ S
& \& i0 v, Q* z% |(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. J3 z6 a' ?: c$ p8 }# E" A) xand American speakers of English, |
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