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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; w2 \! m9 P- V. AInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the' r% X- t$ o$ R1 Z& |+ k) `5 f) _3 Q
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
7 D" q, X- M3 x! t! Iand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial& z: K2 h; |, w* d# X6 V
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 Q: f8 {8 J, e" D' a& e" y
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 y0 v# Q H0 U; G q1 c4 zA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=$ i! i' e$ m' p) H1 M$ y8 Y, P
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
4 u: ^3 v) O# D( L(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving0 z6 Z! q0 c& V0 y8 u/ _' H
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on M2 x7 C) K* T: k$ @: t
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 l+ ]' e( N2 u* ^4 g(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two' w) L! r! Z3 R9 R
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 ~3 [" y# b& e4 y8 l- osemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; I/ s5 T4 ~# O& n/ h' [
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
- t" M) ~8 { E; [compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
. P. ?1 _! e7 S6 M( cthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..2 Z; j6 D- u" x
! N, Q* H d! T) q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
( Q6 f' Q' p" eand American speakers of English, |
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