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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The5 C( l/ [% _& F6 }; f
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
7 t+ F/ l+ H- N2 k! o* H* hsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,) t4 L) m# q6 [' h# J! V
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
2 y: j* K' C: c5 Q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of( Y6 G2 ^, Q. }6 B# o( d5 s" m- x- `! T
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).) a) ?% I+ p( \+ F
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( Z% `4 r+ M1 l( u7 N[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
7 [+ d: Z3 U( c- t(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving7 `& J, |3 x9 |
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on9 e& M- _* ?. C- L* b
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% Q' D/ K/ u! f& h7 U, G5 C" @% v: Q
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two8 T, Y2 y/ K+ z \% O6 K; K7 \
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a2 y0 Y/ e% M ^" |9 \% }
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
0 L6 L. ^+ F# |; U2 |9 t$ xend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In+ L7 m' y1 l2 N2 _2 w2 o
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
% p) b% G' f9 U! e9 u2 P* Ythe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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# ?3 J( I# b1 w, c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 c( ]& C" Y9 e+ \3 C: U+ mand American speakers of English, |
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