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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The1 u: [1 c& J" i( c
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the! d0 S3 V$ {% c" I% O+ B
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in," y& t/ L, I" U; m1 w- u# [
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial& ~4 y# U& A! N! F" h {
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
& _3 G. w9 z: n( H- bretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)., p. Y" x1 y8 ~/ I3 e# d
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
% L, T4 R! I6 G6 d[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
. [, d9 b b6 Q$ r(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving. v- D0 q2 @ t, \+ N1 J+ E: ]7 W
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
! i9 r$ N, C) O" V& L0 x5 Epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
9 O* `" u, V \7 E- C( [& k8 T(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two6 x1 m+ U) Q: K8 _8 J# Q
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
) |7 o r" M9 b1 x4 V* {1 N5 ?semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. ^% _+ c. T9 y! P
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In9 c1 d5 F4 T. s- c5 P, J2 A
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,1 t: c6 T0 t% K
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
% [( {* ~) h. M. V) c. x
) f) L/ h! l# `' d3 z# F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
2 X: N) z+ \9 V6 w# Tand American speakers of English, |
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