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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The& X5 I: p5 i2 f* l" X
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the( k& r* f7 O J3 s2 m) h2 ?
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
- z0 v; S' @6 Z6 U" D2 J* Hand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 X8 ^8 Q1 t3 S. \" h
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
/ E6 ^8 k% [6 ^9 dretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).! [$ }: K$ C$ s
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=5 Z5 G! X! h( ]" Y6 [
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]. u* g7 v0 R. j v
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ q: @, t) F' ^6 A
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on* v" [4 {& @: h. B1 I
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset$ b9 r5 }8 w8 P) D8 b5 u/ D0 T
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 }+ @" h# U# w( Wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a- ` W0 X. n3 c; D. R) X' t
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
* m$ f$ J( F" _ z& \8 p" w# }) U% Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 k& o M0 Z8 \! D1 I; x3 C( V/ \
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
' \) H1 F( y! c7 A) e; ?$ Sthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..4 q2 y6 e. n! Y
" }2 r& a6 c* c5 }
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
7 X* p0 C% O& P" @and American speakers of English, |
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