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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
9 J% M0 Y, B- U& w, RInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# R" N: @) ]. Y6 V7 } Esyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,! J, T9 S5 S% K7 @# a2 S
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
2 ^! _$ e; a* c% E Z(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
) P) G, P3 a k! M- ?1 Zretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
/ @; b: f) h, |2 [A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
9 w7 A$ _4 f) \4 p% U[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# \; A0 U( K8 ]) i( J* {8 i3 k$ N
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving6 i: o- W7 Z0 a
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
! h! l- L, U' N% Lpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 M3 _7 H' Z- ^% o" }* q5 m6 x( }(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
& w1 d' a$ B/ r" y: d! Q2 ~segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
+ J9 ?# Z: @) r1 A' }semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.. D q: Z8 ?% \" D" o! R( V5 E! K
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
1 f6 `( v% g9 }- f: f$ tcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
) {# Y+ ^, I2 W# S% _the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
1 t9 t3 n) E! F. E. q7 t) x$ |) z0 J3 y, i* S, ? U
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. @6 v5 A6 j' T" u+ g% rand American speakers of English, |
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