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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The; _% g1 O6 h) ~, j5 {' ^9 Y- v
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
! Y% F+ w. T! k6 N I0 q& |syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,& I' ?6 a, t9 m% W, L U
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 Y6 H7 h" s1 k" s. A
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of9 u3 }, q& q2 d4 L; B3 J# f
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).5 a T' G2 `" u1 V' t. L
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( k8 C- M, Q D$ G" ~[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
* c9 U9 v: d v9 q/ u(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
! u, h+ M! a6 X# n6 K7 _! dretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
1 o+ K. w$ n( Dpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
. A+ [; X- `" `1 |/ b/ d(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
- o0 G9 W: Q0 e' z" psegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a# d, A7 `! P8 N7 g+ L0 w
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.) O h, U$ |5 W1 M# ]3 Z' ]
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 F! H; Y6 P, z3 ~- Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; B# r$ c, ^% Y9 F# Dthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..2 P7 | J6 p) H( R
0 n0 O- w# X) }, z(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
6 K$ g( I3 l& j5 O; z- Gand American speakers of English, |
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