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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
8 Q; T7 e" O3 G( h1 h" j% s% F( H0 vInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the+ U8 W+ ]; d7 E& U. v
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
; j& a. m5 h. C4 r3 }0 K/ j7 land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial, f8 f0 m% Z+ Z' b
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of* ^/ Q9 j; V u, e+ V* W6 l+ y+ a
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 P5 C) k o) g' d+ LA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
# `7 t" V" Z/ M1 U[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
O# s- z- {1 ~, X1 q6 m(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
9 W5 W- C: o, ?) b1 cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 W' y2 F; ^8 {* {
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset( k% z9 b; }* Y' q7 U, T& W
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two+ g' b7 p6 V# L+ y0 e" a: B3 m
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
, G- t4 _! ?. [) w( G- y1 Nsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
9 M% L3 v0 U' U$ G+ oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
- v( ]9 o8 @: t- ]compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,6 }( _# N9 F7 Z& J5 D
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
( o5 u( A4 j. r7 Z7 v2 T8 }( D
5 @6 ?9 Y- c2 S E# ](source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. v+ h* K' ]! P4 Hand American speakers of English, |
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