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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" t6 P' t: r9 z! @
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the3 W" G( g9 m3 b) ?$ ?" B3 r
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,7 |3 c u( c: ]& H( \
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 P' S0 r$ \4 F) B: e& G8 Y! n
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of3 f i& Z; Z& [
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, k( B) u% R. w+ }6 KA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 L p T0 B: b& Q% u9 v" Q
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]2 E, y ?- n3 h& F8 i: h. G1 |
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving- w7 Y$ Q1 O8 {) D3 l* |
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: o3 W7 a! i) b/ C# F) V
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% ?- {3 J$ f; B
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two: e4 B' ^& z. ]6 m
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a, {) S! _1 }$ o7 N5 i5 G
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
. k( r2 P3 a _/ U8 Y& T6 p7 W/ _end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
% p7 P) n4 ?5 o4 i8 }! rcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 W9 G t& ~7 l6 G0 V# ithe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla... X5 w" s9 M& h: s3 t
4 n1 T! N, N Y: y* N4 @
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)+ m8 @9 r( B, l( T
and American speakers of English, |
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