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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The* V3 c+ s/ L: x; e4 F
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the$ |" n0 _9 M) m) x
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
9 q8 R4 }) W9 \* ?$ S o: N7 P4 `and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial# T S, h1 @% h4 x! M
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
7 G9 B4 |! Y% I o4 ~retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).; s0 m* u4 N2 C+ g/ a
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 L' x$ C8 E2 [& C' c/ C3 t
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]3 l+ c7 z6 _7 J; X
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
& L9 J2 [: G' B5 Pretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
S7 L% l& F; Q- epossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
; Q/ N! C" B4 C6 T5 n& D(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
( ~+ x V: @; Qsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% e. C/ g# v4 M, a$ T
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
9 P: S; o2 K# lend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! B: G" V, p" N7 b
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 e7 `( O$ d$ `" K& cthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
" g8 h, [; [( Y7 P Y- @3 O* w# E6 c- b" A7 F: |
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch) L: n' ~7 }! g% t
and American speakers of English, |
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