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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& X2 @. A& x7 U. s1 xInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
* s: `( s* Y/ h& m& @syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
4 ]# \3 ~" ]$ N/ v3 p. {, _and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial4 b0 `" K* d+ K- ^7 z, U& q+ f
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
! H9 i4 H4 f* \- h/ A; M3 Gretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) _/ a% C$ }* v2 r6 c) e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=9 M) N/ J) ^1 I4 }7 v- A
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
X4 O- {% c$ w& s$ b(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving, x! {4 F1 c( G. M/ y( t
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on3 k. B# P) u- o1 L
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& F6 E. K' m: a; p$ ^5 e
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, V% P; B# f9 V+ d, B* W Jsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a4 R8 P# i8 J+ l A/ r7 n- W
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.$ |% k i& G# B& s I% Z% @
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
8 k# u; @0 u6 E- [compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
J, J% z! O* i ?( O. j7 ethe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..' d5 z/ Z3 ^) n3 J* N7 t4 J2 n
& s, w- V- p* N9 F8 |8 M0 n9 F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
/ I9 X0 g6 z/ L6 G0 t) {and American speakers of English, |
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