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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
7 x0 z1 p+ R# u/ l7 [Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
. p7 x' w3 b9 s6 msyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
R8 x5 ]3 q, R# T* iand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
6 w% P3 t! j1 Z" R) t, T$ Q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 _8 R/ w4 d. D& @3 j( U3 y8 Q7 Dretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) Q% O2 _, o! n2 u; S/ u
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=" T. R D5 y9 O& d# M
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]/ {; T& T9 x- \0 @; w K
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ O- p% M) m' I" E& M
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: t6 p8 G# [) U! Q& F
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 S& Y7 Z' l" {8 c# |8 K$ J
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
! t) x% V, p: h* `/ a8 V7 K( w7 Wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& Y: q; t& ?, f4 L) F5 msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* S4 a( u$ R. Z
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 B9 M; P0 _; H4 N$ U! j% I6 m
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 k1 A$ X( J. h3 M# y0 ^2 z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.. j7 Y' J# v U5 y) ?1 [
# B- o" q$ k0 w) t: ~9 L
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
) ~' s& r# O* g4 Z7 k; Y7 ]and American speakers of English, |
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