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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
5 {- H, l& H( w. wInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
% h, x C/ B. W0 V+ psyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) b6 V1 K z U7 {
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! L' \# l4 L/ @7 E% u( c
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
. [ S( l- v1 y: X, R% q9 r9 }retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
7 g# y$ \3 ~6 o4 }A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
0 [, }* [# @: D$ e* w1 D[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
5 Z7 H- [: t5 I(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% J9 w p( R% [$ Z6 w8 iretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" V% Z2 O* A5 X) A' z9 C
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset5 L8 [: I/ L1 h {2 Y' O' C) c: _6 o$ a
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. A& L: D2 I# L9 A) H
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a: {# Z5 M" V0 e0 A
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.! w7 y( b0 `. w. Z$ i
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In' A( b7 ?7 \. b. E6 M. b1 u
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 T: J, p, L. V* K$ vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..) F: j/ {5 r0 G
# y& b( Q, w2 q5 X(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 q/ _$ F) ^& p9 B" O- p: aand American speakers of English, |
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