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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 S" H: D$ d$ eInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
' o9 l0 [! R; tsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 c) ^2 b; O( {' X1 A/ gand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
) ?4 F @4 x8 i3 N(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
' T) g" Z' T1 yretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).9 Q- K( O0 {7 s5 q9 \7 Y/ p+ }+ Z' m
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=; t/ p# Q# p. n/ T- U% a
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]7 m) N- a7 h1 r8 z0 i
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving o- f( m) m5 I! w
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
9 o/ s0 N" |. v! k1 ^) k6 T& c, A& apossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset! w% n# z. {& ?, }8 y
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
) m* {* j- K' t- [: A/ Bsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a I: I8 N/ `' y
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; T4 t. _2 L: c! I9 Q
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In' F1 }9 Q4 O& b& @0 O' D
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
: Z$ \ a% a& t- V5 I9 \the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
5 r1 [2 q3 `0 z" [" |! m B0 N. i* X+ K1 N3 P( W
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
) j0 I! s9 h! m8 f6 R; V2 O- hand American speakers of English, |
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