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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
/ Z) k7 Q& `- {2 Y! u2 bInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the8 H+ Z" k" Y) W, z. V" g9 H
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 `! ?6 w: N! ]$ N: J% F2 Y4 Mand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial6 b7 m. J0 O( i" g" t
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
; c0 s5 Y1 M% f% T" i9 Vretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
7 V* Z3 \# c: k2 sA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= D8 @& F% H9 P
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]! a- ] K1 v3 U) g7 k
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
* ?7 A* X$ z0 G3 U% Gretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on! G$ S5 Z6 k: r9 y) a( a* t* M
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset- \3 c' B( j: ]4 J) V6 O0 z
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 B; h# Q& D& x i# |
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a& d. T2 ^% Y1 Z, D q7 b& \8 g. S
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. \9 m& M& {7 i H& ~( z4 p3 z" l
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ ~; x5 Q% K6 G8 E" }- b
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 H$ v- Y: @# u* g
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
r M4 e2 L! F; T% h' d8 W: n0 q$ b$ x" _$ X# @. m0 `: w" {
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)/ K$ K: K( h, S4 w
and American speakers of English, |
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