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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
+ `5 `# o1 b' @+ F% IInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the7 m+ }3 L3 R) F; `7 X" o
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,- I( s4 s0 Q9 z: R: y9 V" n" s
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
9 T2 ^+ {( ^6 H- U3 ~(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of" L+ e. r, G6 e! {
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
; A2 L6 {# Q! @) g+ T! uA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* {6 @5 q7 Q9 H4 N5 c) V
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
3 w) K2 w, g+ ^( z(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; h& l( Z1 q3 X$ W8 bretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
6 s: f& E2 s& v" R) F3 Npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
5 W# n9 R& d8 {(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% W9 D/ Q: N, Z! O$ H
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a) ~4 C8 t) I* d5 ]
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.% s' i0 C! }2 Z% }
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
% o: C d/ [* l+ C- M$ n! ycompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,, F: h$ L# Q7 ]# W
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., k5 w- j( `8 m
1 E- a& I) B2 b(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
8 d: P- M @3 q9 Y5 oand American speakers of English, |
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