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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The' a: u- P" l9 \: u) w5 r/ Q7 v6 [
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# c, S! x0 w0 o% g3 F& t( \( Tsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,' R1 i- b2 P' c0 f( E
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 w' d/ H9 k# w+ P F& i5 o1 ?
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of. f3 P% ]. H- {$ x; m1 x3 n
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
# S% v* ]1 Q; D' B rA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
+ ]8 j- f$ G( N- Q5 @[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
: v% q+ L8 T" O) H* F% M(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
& e& }6 Z/ K# I1 K! ?retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
) M5 q$ {) o& n# n) Apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset3 K, k# C& x' l* U6 z) d
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' {* ] O3 E% g } u+ A: n2 Fsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) V7 @( G* h: x, Usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ D3 x" L( c8 |" s
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
9 f' V; E/ a2 E: Z1 R1 ?: z, \compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
2 a. Y- y" P Z5 G$ Uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..4 u/ g2 P- z1 a# U. t4 |# t
6 J$ e1 R+ q; c' K8 t! k1 \
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& B/ [; y, y( p" p! B: G h. tand American speakers of English, |
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