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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 p6 n; k8 h. [5 Q0 N% C5 I, q6 p& lInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the& \7 x5 `1 S6 X9 C9 S
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, H h$ U, C+ I% p7 w
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
. i) t, h1 |( p1 h(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of" v" o9 J# ^, d; ?
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 y" w5 q- t! SA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=+ y3 `- L4 z6 ?. ^6 n+ t8 e
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]8 O, r: g; Y) ~; i( T) b- A& \
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving8 J* ^2 Y% R% o( {" I+ @; ?
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on1 b9 \8 J+ R. e; T/ W- B+ M
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 E9 o" F* `" |4 G
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 X! K3 z; N$ ]4 P# L2 Q
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
1 \# S4 q8 p0 _, L n' o% Usemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
# o: p" z9 l6 v0 T$ pend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 p% w6 {0 E/ ucompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
7 q3 j& _) D) s% uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..# g# y) X1 C; Q6 Y* w! u
- u5 {) Q0 R* Q; x; P
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
( H/ ~1 S( j4 N" M8 c; _: O4 Zand American speakers of English, |
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