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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The1 `' _! n# `* b8 c; ?
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the$ L% q6 q, g( e) ?2 ]: Z: n+ E
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,9 B2 E- B5 ]( n: m8 J' t- h
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial* g. Z6 d! ?. W) O( |
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of$ L* p# F8 A0 F6 S9 p" D+ I' X) i
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
6 R7 a' i4 T UA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
5 W1 g0 m4 _3 q+ T5 B0 G+ {[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
X4 J3 F; S; Z R% [5 B8 R(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
3 O1 H" K0 |# H# V5 dretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 s, M0 Q2 {' X, ^* p! _5 ?0 g: i
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; s# ]; U' n1 X# }(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two! ]8 c9 t! ?5 w; I- |! K
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ _7 }+ z1 D- e' b2 [
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.# h' J! h. w* y8 B% _. X2 P0 c
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In2 q6 p6 y0 v: B
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
, S0 B8 d1 z" [- c7 Ithe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla../ R* }: a$ [& \
! B0 h/ X- i* `5 ~( T; U(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
# b! _# a0 [/ F+ J' x( v( Dand American speakers of English, |
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