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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The7 y L2 z' A2 E5 D
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& q g }9 A7 q+ J! K
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# @0 \1 D4 P9 R( x' t8 [3 I, Zand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
, ]1 c" G, k) Q1 \2 i(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) ?* ]! D( [) t$ v$ `1 Z# H! E3 l
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).- Z6 b' }. Z- K1 i6 P
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% V1 Y" I( O h: A* t[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
U( _! l$ n# u# F. J5 O# h1 y(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
2 ^& q( t- Q4 u, fretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
5 b4 d& Y* a9 s; E1 apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* B5 \6 U% D- |+ ^/ w(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
& ~& ^0 G. _0 {& e# Z& M" wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a. B, L2 ~. @1 P* W1 u
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* H! u+ E# }" @6 m# A
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In3 K7 X/ |. F; y9 t
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 A4 J7 q- ^7 V" h+ ]/ L/ |
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.. Y- L% d; c! _7 i2 x8 ^& p% s+ g
6 {7 I( r: K! @- N+ v
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
, t" L2 f/ p: p, Kand American speakers of English, |
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