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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" }& l7 q2 b1 @3 N* \
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 T$ C3 T; M) N# J6 fsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; G2 K7 L% ^- D! _
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( H. j0 C/ q4 q: R! ^4 i, s; D(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of* H3 R. _! J. i5 @ e& K
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) |! f2 W) }4 m' v8 k# i+ u* S
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
; w( A' ]( z6 r8 Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
& F8 K, }/ x1 T& M( Z(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
6 E3 g( ~+ w$ t) C( c7 Yretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
2 w! b% A1 m8 q. e& Ipossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
- [/ l$ \0 V3 b4 @(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 ]+ l4 D) V, Q% s6 Y/ o
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% O7 g1 x- P& K0 e
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.0 u! z$ V5 C' u: o
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
+ f. I' j M. }' z9 A7 Dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 Z+ z0 N# D8 [( p. D8 \/ h* othe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! Q5 H% ~0 s0 T- _7 x1 U2 K; v+ F
/ p& a4 J% h% ]( {& i: v X
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
* q2 c3 f, D6 D3 V b# `8 xand American speakers of English, |
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