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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- N' K: c) k d0 `( q: [: KInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 S# D* n& B7 csyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
- s0 S$ a; Q0 B/ s0 R0 l& vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial# m2 k3 |( T8 [+ q% k
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of$ C1 b3 g( S8 r6 p' ^8 o9 w Y5 U: w& l
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).9 p* N# {, q3 M, o
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) L) V- `4 Q$ _
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* Q d8 |( s& k$ m, x2 H
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving% w' O# V) i# Z7 ]7 N; u
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on5 L7 R2 g+ T9 R. {/ B! @; e
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset" ^- j S" f; {6 ?% K$ ~* F1 ^
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
9 v, Z( q. o1 H lsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
* ]2 n2 F3 e: c3 m8 Asemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.- c1 \: F; v8 O1 W! p) J N
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
4 A- R# P6 p7 y! H! acompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element, d, c* a9 d7 U7 H
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..* ]: J" Q& G [& ?- I
4 k, A' H m2 ^% l2 b; [. I( E- b(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
6 j( K( r. P& ~2 q: F; v9 o9 f7 vand American speakers of English, |
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