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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& Q; k1 e8 j+ ~Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# {+ M! v7 ^; c4 Ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,2 T Z- O9 |0 T5 V) m
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial7 Z4 o! k% F# D. x* S
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( C/ \! ?5 r" v. h7 e% a( L/ x( L/ eretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! i& O& Y/ d8 U+ [% V6 jA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=1 K* r6 r/ f" J9 ?* A* _% b
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]) P" h- w0 a7 }3 J1 I$ X
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 U/ N7 n) u4 w- P3 h: Cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
% y6 j: Y) M7 m n) r7 U8 zpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset! E% {- E, b* V% X0 E
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
! b( ?0 I1 d4 B* usegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a( i4 I+ q- b* N! t9 R. w' T- A
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ r9 h ^" ^. e! B: {
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, B) `1 A2 p0 F% N. E# C6 }5 {; g* ncompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
! N3 K+ `. @% R- _* rthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..# @6 `3 Y6 r1 l" g) L
! q: j: S2 {! P4 g5 x! y# E! }* ^
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 M" e& E1 Z. N& r b0 e9 gand American speakers of English, |
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