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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The0 s! N2 M1 `! v' B2 ?9 o1 r3 h) O
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
s9 b1 s2 ^: i& ~syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& o# U: J# \0 w: w4 |) S) fand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 @4 l* m* c, H9 \' g
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of5 a* I9 S( e' ?- j" k- Y3 [ [1 D
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).* v* Z5 z { Q
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( {/ G/ {0 r @5 @3 d[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 j; e: ^2 ?: M3 L1 Z9 J: L% V(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
# c7 C" M, \+ V- |# jretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
& Y8 m# X6 L) i1 q' g9 ], rpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, k) S7 e& f* ^6 Y2 C7 k4 v
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
: L! L; A# i1 l( D6 ^$ m; ssegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- |$ L5 n; {& t$ r$ Q2 {" `semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" `* b+ l6 W) ?& nend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
$ }9 `9 w; I9 y' b5 Scompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: a6 l) G7 m! d6 e2 Y; J; S
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla... U( A" X# U8 H- u. G: ?0 [
, |. Y- A/ F1 r' w: T2 g5 N2 z
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
( `8 _0 l9 O0 n. g# z$ g4 c1 oand American speakers of English, |
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