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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- G0 |" }: C% \% j' WInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the! g( V: _9 {8 Q4 U! a
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
! P4 t5 i+ U) s1 ^# h6 O6 @and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
. d3 H8 L, t8 {# Q, v9 C6 _(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 ?; s K2 C2 w1 H2 v- l
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).3 j5 }, B2 ?# i/ }" {6 y* ~. d
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# ]2 L2 X5 Z& k$ R3 q
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”], f5 G% {4 k! t- z/ O+ p! [
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ ^' E/ I/ s3 ^# c
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ X1 T: Z/ }8 ]3 u, ^, {9 X
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset% k ~2 O* g/ o# i3 u, ~8 I- ?2 U
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two& k- Z" K# B* ^. J' F
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
6 \ l# x' c5 a& @/ z# msemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
# [, M2 R0 S! K( d c6 N" t9 D5 O( vend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 O: Y$ r# O: S3 o( g- A \2 q1 Ccompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; h1 W" F9 @6 a% e; G# cthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." `6 h3 q7 a2 d+ s. G
p2 f- T4 }# n: I
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
% p4 n& V1 `4 ?) h9 P( J Cand American speakers of English, |
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