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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The4 w1 X% M$ H" ^7 C
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
+ `6 M1 \+ [' j0 ]9 p! Dsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( x) g: v* f& `0 jand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 F( B9 `( ~% U% y* V5 w2 T( `9 s
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- e, w8 F) W' W7 Mretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
( ]" l! S5 V3 _& C- w/ ~A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
" q- q& v6 {: A4 q[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]+ X6 @$ {: e% Z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 Y2 F: j2 o1 m% ?! q# s
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
, H4 L/ y. Z, V+ U/ Ppossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset. b: Z) H1 Z/ }0 ]' e8 F0 F
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
9 G0 ?" A. r$ w4 ]$ u, C7 Ksegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 ?- @2 ^- f$ s* [1 O% q- \* S
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.1 R, T9 n8 v0 o$ I2 x
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
1 j* M$ r1 |! ? d( zcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
6 x9 i. J& |0 O: kthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- e! \$ K: _4 w! H) O7 T* ?, P% y9 @, F) e4 I0 h( E
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
R, t/ h: s( `2 l& [% G, l0 Dand American speakers of English, |
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