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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The. `- ^+ C9 ?$ }- q( c& q6 M1 B
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the' f! ]/ T/ D" ?) l! m, C
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& n5 `- G. y- g/ X8 R m7 C( s8 }and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
6 G3 w. m) e' P( ~4 j( O(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
% O1 Q2 \: U/ s7 Lretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
7 {. ]1 r, t( _# c! o8 E4 l, wA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
9 m2 w7 p- v- k[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# n8 X0 L& d Z: I( Z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
; k% F" B, g# K6 _- ?& L9 x3 I$ |) }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 C; d ~1 Y# U9 k6 Qpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset: F- V" V) U8 ? E% R% Y
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
8 c/ p1 ^5 c7 A- Z5 K) {segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) p4 l. y1 x+ R9 f1 fsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.9 ~5 {: V5 u9 q
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 |+ c# `8 h4 q, f' d* I- R8 k
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
( e) v9 b+ ]$ O0 K5 g. jthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
[; f# }; H, X5 \1 u/ z) `3 G& S3 k! W* Y3 r
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 a' _1 [6 j& J! E4 Wand American speakers of English, |
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