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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
" X" K; e: K- ~1 d# ?# tInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
; @. ^4 n; b% l8 ~- r r4 jsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,8 ]% |0 M( @: Z6 k/ M
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial+ S2 h7 q9 s9 ]
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ l/ e7 ^( ~# U& E; h Rretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).6 J- G* ~. u3 w$ w- A
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( I6 N0 b" J2 F. w. n( ~8 J# X[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
; `* _/ R8 Y# P' A4 H(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving% B* q- B1 t0 P3 [' n
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
& T- U: `$ ^7 K. K( M Upossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 r5 J3 N8 W6 k( F+ b
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
+ d& c( x. G: f+ ^segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a; S2 N. w6 O4 d$ ]' r# P+ {4 L
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.1 a4 s/ u$ K, U" y
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
+ x* q. R. Z) ~( y- ?9 [compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,! G: i4 b" G {* P9 T0 k2 O
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
1 F7 X- l( C5 `9 V% k% z" k
7 `& k( R+ r! u8 f* B% v5 I(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
5 {: \7 ?4 C/ U( r- l+ Z! E1 \, |and American speakers of English, |
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