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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The" c; p. H8 G8 L7 r: y
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 ^+ q$ |# q) H/ M: g- w# z( ]
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
4 G" F4 t8 i; L( f7 Nand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
) t( l" T4 ~; @; v! f(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of& R5 ], j+ _# o
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 ~1 u3 m; N) _
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
x5 ]9 u! t4 ]! B! s[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]- y- V2 j- W, d" j% D
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving' F& Z# v6 E3 J6 j7 c' m7 b
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 D5 w1 ^1 \9 p: S/ l
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
- h0 @8 }' m% R* z6 J" k(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
; l! R [0 e, @# o8 e" |0 x% z4 y( Gsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a5 W. ?4 C9 B% y! W& v0 _
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 X$ k6 b( S7 N! } N! X) U- v
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In) E. H% l# S- C% J6 s X
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,# n U0 m( [ F
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
4 T8 i8 A1 R. @5 O" R% }! E0 O* m, J$ N1 t
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& C# c1 c: C4 j* e B- C" w/ J* n1 C3 rand American speakers of English, |
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