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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The# s9 b) A* E: z2 b, \
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
0 [% Q* V+ C |+ y( isyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
. S. c) `5 D5 M( O1 ~7 band uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial0 @( I, F8 R) v- a9 O) X% R) @( T
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 G ~7 z& T" O- tretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 j& y$ f& r2 H% b- Q h9 h" I2 P
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) S* c0 z* q2 S, m/ C- \
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
. q' @- \8 S8 m2 d" G9 B! p) `(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ ]7 O* |- }* M7 i* M
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
) N7 \- L n7 A5 X- a7 f5 T8 epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
' f4 `9 @/ f1 m2 y1 A- {(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two3 S# W5 `/ p* Q# d7 w5 `2 ^
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a S( x/ A2 j+ v; g- [
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
t, [! n8 \% W; W9 w9 ^/ oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
4 t# O, V p D. N! gcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
8 ^( T x+ D1 J Z+ ^* Y1 nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..7 T' b% \$ S5 s1 u3 J
) `- E! S* [+ ^; U2 D9 L(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
`! C4 ?* d$ ]& w! q2 g1 [$ j9 wand American speakers of English, |
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