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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
( [( e- T2 g1 l- L# @: o) VInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
8 c; N% L% C, n0 h; e, Jsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
s4 x5 e- I6 sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! p$ k( P9 g1 V, O2 l3 p
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of/ h$ J8 y( ]0 P* l( q
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 \% I% r6 J, u3 \A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= o; f& T: d9 E* @8 [
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
. m; e" {* o- W' j) D(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving* d. s5 {1 S: b. s
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on. I* s( ~2 |( a( D8 N; M# G
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& ]4 }1 P: z# ~. o/ m2 g( y& ]! w4 C
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
2 r& K; K9 @* ^ Q8 ~. t* _segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& I) `9 e- w- v8 }semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
. T1 j$ q Q- S6 P' v/ Fend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
( l. q7 L# F2 [$ p, L% y; Tcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
" |* O3 Q5 F. `( e. E8 c( S. }the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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3 o9 x$ P" |* h* w8 t q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
# J4 M8 {5 Q3 F& {" Rand American speakers of English, |
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