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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
% \+ X6 ]! w* }' WInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
7 V) a1 s% ^3 |3 {! U7 ysyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) o# R4 T9 B5 ], j+ Q. Q. G) \
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( C) o$ y9 i2 {' m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of, Q7 Z9 ~% s5 l8 S5 K
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).4 q) K7 U. S; u/ b
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=; g6 t8 r. {* l9 u0 C* l. E& z
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]& A3 x+ D) ^4 i
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving/ P0 X) e! q- E) g
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on9 ?; g# n, J/ x4 J7 e# `4 J3 d
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
" I& a! p: \( c: l3 N(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 z% k' _; @) V$ I9 F( Tsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
/ t- e. J" ?- f* y' _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.& Z2 Z: s0 J) ?" `
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& `8 m4 T- a& C
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,& d3 P' w; u S! A( j% _$ H
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
5 d6 O9 a& _. Y; e: E6 p! _% U# I6 P) p0 `( m; ^
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
3 u* G; {; l$ X- sand American speakers of English, |
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