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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The; H6 D) [- e# f! m" a
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# z; N' u- t' u1 |syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,- ^4 p& i" R6 O7 m0 ?) n) W
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 O6 X) U& m- S. ]9 A) A; o
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
4 `( J8 P ~; {+ \2 hretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
8 Y+ ?4 J4 k# l2 ?% S/ ZA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
1 q6 B6 f1 y8 T5 S" S' E1 v @[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
' [0 U1 O y9 [& M" h(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% {6 ~9 [: ?: ?& g3 tretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
1 c% W# v: G9 z( R7 jpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset( z6 S+ F2 T! D: ~6 y& M8 [
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
* R% D8 d6 ~" k/ msegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a* Q1 N7 Z5 N4 ^6 c. Y( W. @
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
* o1 }$ q3 M! U% L/ k- {end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ w" s G3 o& j& a/ P+ m; a
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
% |; e5 W$ ^+ ^( P7 nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." \3 _0 t: m6 e- W
& k5 u! K' `* a- ?) Y5 S
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)! m0 \4 g% F7 Q$ L$ Q4 A' q
and American speakers of English, |
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