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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
" `7 B) _, n0 m( E6 M! N0 n( {Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
- _, P) M+ P8 b5 s3 m2 r9 }( }syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,5 R+ B9 a7 A9 T# m& J" w3 h, w; j) ?" D
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 o3 y7 ?9 h: f
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 L Z6 A7 \; p
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 ^5 v& F& u5 q! D4 S
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=& }. `. V# G0 V7 ~2 y5 U# [+ P
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
+ o) d1 l+ |" U5 F(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; Z4 w% q6 e: {retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
Q6 {0 ~3 l, K) X# Epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* y! ]! E# ~, w" v9 o3 Z5 k% C& |(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
7 K1 E7 A: |0 T v$ B1 ]4 Lsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a, X7 ?( e( k) n. m9 Y) c7 c
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.6 T- L2 a3 q0 x
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
" K2 C! A9 ^0 Zcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
4 k4 ?! C, ]9 s1 r1 {& q. u, E2 Xthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..- u5 B# ~; v# o" }8 [8 a: `
& J# x$ U6 Q; v(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
% `' ^- h7 ^: U6 t: w9 f8 y! ?' Rand American speakers of English, |
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