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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 I' f5 B) a6 o1 wInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
' N4 e P1 ~! x( w# q% ]% j& ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( m% v: w* v' |6 f2 Z- sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial' a5 O* d5 _# i, P) t/ e: X3 v
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
. ^ j5 ]2 ?9 P: i3 N4 U7 dretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)./ o& A3 m2 E+ p( m) i1 j0 R1 O
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=/ ~4 r" s. R) E% y: S x; f
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
* N+ J$ u! [2 I, F(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
9 p; w8 L7 w# d& F9 ?3 Bretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 D L. O3 s( V
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
1 x8 \2 R2 |4 ?9 \$ D(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
# [* r# D* V* P) W' S& osegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a, Q, L& o4 \- m( l
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.! U. Y1 z. \" \7 k' J; b( B
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In5 @. j' M9 L& m8 R5 H0 |1 n
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,( ]- v% P- Q& w0 c+ U
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
/ i+ s( b3 @, a5 r& {) C0 K/ m& M, z: `- \; M3 l
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
! G( Y2 P% x9 t" }/ rand American speakers of English, |
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