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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
8 } W- W' o( e+ D3 G: R" ?0 tInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the8 w8 I1 ~. R& W' f6 C' ]
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; @, V7 |/ O( R6 F7 r+ X. ?+ k
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 X8 B: E% Z, G0 [ s; h, u
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( U# F+ Z# P. I6 Q6 D: Pretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
2 t% Z% y9 i4 U% H3 C; `A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 m, b/ Y/ J* d9 w
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ N* |8 s" I! m/ f% A" v' W+ ?
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving4 |+ N3 }; o; |6 I0 n3 J- ?" D6 g" o
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ }; u. }6 k6 m9 t
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset4 i) C- Z* ]3 x2 M! o' N
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
5 b/ g7 w* x+ m8 {segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) Q6 J J" H8 }semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
! j1 o# U+ k* t7 vend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
2 ]2 c$ g+ |( Z( K$ h$ R$ `& Lcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,3 e! O" L5 }) U% ~/ X
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
$ b( E1 l& [; n
- m! ~& u: i9 B( ]" X: k(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
0 X) w) N/ c' Q, P9 B7 h. U2 F6 Qand American speakers of English, |
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