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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
) B7 O# q' ~5 w3 i+ oInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the; R0 P! K0 M+ y v8 f+ n
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
0 }) ?8 {3 A: g/ @and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial; k( A3 Y1 v2 |5 X: ~% F2 N
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( d( e5 N# ]- W/ Eretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).4 O! ^9 ?/ i0 ^$ b( n
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
. j5 g- C0 ^: e4 a% i ~; D% h[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
+ i, \* ]: D% @- C0 m3 }: J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
3 F* [ u9 ^( }& o) ~$ i+ hretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
" V; w, }) R% j2 I2 n6 Fpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset6 q4 j* D# o: c7 u$ ~2 n
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
, g9 v9 o+ i/ q* X: j, K. C* nsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a2 V. C1 o1 ?+ n9 \ |9 C# J
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
: i) K( s3 g, x/ Bend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In( m. T* D% M9 a. p) K7 u( {! [) |
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
6 Y! Z6 z6 z' j6 G/ Bthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
9 N$ j* d! S; L9 ~- L# `4 A" T* |! r. Q8 g" G
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
! v& [5 _3 j2 f+ x" E8 {/ Zand American speakers of English, |
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