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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The# O4 l( Q) p5 k \; L) h6 q
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the/ [) q7 G% h& K% Q: W) x
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) }5 I: v0 u; |
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 u k' M& y% W, `; B) }9 P
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
0 p/ q) ^" T1 t, }3 O" `. ~4 Oretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
- e4 O: H0 w; |* U, f3 x$ d) j. NA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
/ z. l3 P9 }; C[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! r$ z5 a6 r# T5 P(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving' M& [2 U5 _ O5 F% S5 T% o9 ?5 @. c t6 o
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on- g, ]+ k; e. Q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 Z( t9 m0 M, v* f% `; V" s# ? y(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
6 m9 X( c1 ^- I8 M8 g' V1 w8 ysegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a1 @% T3 H2 t. k; }9 o
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% w5 z* m; Q5 A) V. R8 O" send with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' v1 o3 Z( g8 Z" R# E2 |" q: L; jcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; g& o, t J; S2 L4 o& r! p5 ]the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
0 e* n% J$ \5 r0 G# ]. h* h! H. k1 F ?, R
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch): D4 U/ e, u! J) J0 S2 }
and American speakers of English, |
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