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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The8 H& ]$ H: V b% T6 ^7 a' U
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the; V: K6 Y7 G/ |1 p
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( t; C; @1 Z! L: Y% k8 }, K3 Oand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 z: b6 F t b4 _: g- b. B- t: Q
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 v) b5 Q$ s/ L8 eretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
' p2 G8 U6 x; ^. sA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=* S- k3 C# u) y& ~+ B' D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]' {' [# q2 M2 v! Z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
8 Q: k4 G% t- H9 wretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 o; }, Z: _. y: m
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
% a8 [. a3 `% k1 Q( ^) S, [2 U(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two7 [: E0 G) W; w: f9 |1 \
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
4 o8 G; P; i* O5 T/ x$ Esemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
! T) n, \5 p) R1 p0 G( iend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
9 C8 v; G9 R% J* N3 k- ~$ W4 v' hcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 G7 [" ?) V2 Z2 Qthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..; B4 H, g3 k4 B& j6 g
5 ]+ y' k% w. X# j) B( |(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
A4 D0 I8 D. G T+ J: Iand American speakers of English, |
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