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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" _9 v/ S/ |3 D/ ?. b9 X9 G
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the7 y9 y, t8 R: p
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) }& ~3 |6 M E; Z! W3 Pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 s1 _1 o: ~3 h, u1 I7 b
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of$ ?: [9 A2 X3 P4 {7 O
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
8 E" U1 |7 `6 S0 x7 zA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
3 j5 \6 D& F) b& l$ e+ H[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]" J0 G2 h4 T: v- w H! H: j! q
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; j4 e" D7 r. I- T3 E
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, o" e' X, l7 Y- o$ l! o
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. i1 E4 C4 f$ o# n$ E- a
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
1 C4 w; j( R7 {/ Y" S9 Usegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
; G) `1 n1 O1 x( Ssemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* z2 W' m8 C% D* y# t" d
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ P3 H+ @0 a6 Z! @compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 J% k7 h2 l9 f' Vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." l' V, G0 X$ H# Z: }4 l
+ C8 I3 `* i9 @% L% F2 z- N ?
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
# J1 y) U7 X y$ k$ ^8 Dand American speakers of English, |
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