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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# h! J, R; R& B7 k: [$ e& C4 OInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the: N* w' g! |- G. `' F# j( Q
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
8 p. C7 ?$ {; n* Y! _$ l7 wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial" a/ l" v5 i* G, `' o, {7 B% x
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 C3 X9 G& B6 P/ C4 b
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
4 C9 q/ H- [# N( `+ C zA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
! v, `" |9 A$ u, z( K[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]0 w' q: E- U! o* o2 h
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% l# S7 |% @6 ~( J' H; Fretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on( o/ m6 |2 @0 g$ P. r( U
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
3 q* ]9 p1 z* j. @7 _# m7 A(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
. ]; W$ I5 x+ Z4 o9 N( tsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& S& j9 b/ @/ _, R( M& p: p4 N4 |semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.$ \+ K& Q7 s' ~+ h
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In, \ i7 R* V8 ?. \# K- l2 Z
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) t4 M/ k; A0 T: A* z7 \- e
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., B) a9 g! T6 |/ Y% L+ ^( i; k, A
) J& m% x# \) P. x- U: E1 M* B(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
/ a( Y, U/ F8 N$ ~& Aand American speakers of English, |
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