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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The' H, R# G, E$ D
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
, l, Z5 E1 S5 J& rsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,# {! j! J( ^0 e* F
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
* n5 u6 z/ Q' x( A(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of1 w6 f2 |, _, l) y# V' C# a
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).' D6 _) p1 o# O6 H; @6 l: W: j
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=4 y9 ^% Y4 x. }& |4 K, D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]2 b& {5 R! i! M) A- @# K& U
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving) Y4 b1 C" ?5 Y" f; O$ x) l5 R3 N. B. }
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 b+ @+ X! E& f6 Y% W( Npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 q/ \* G/ I3 V) m3 z' H# o(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
; F1 h& d/ H. D/ ?5 ~$ qsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
6 \/ x& I- P$ q4 I1 Asemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
- |- v: Q6 J$ o! |2 X7 Yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In8 i D4 L; V& B/ ^2 ~$ j
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 d4 f" f3 N% C
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., N: i4 [) Z( i8 n5 U5 l2 ]
. u* Y. I' B/ G' l; n N5 N, d(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
2 `7 u4 l5 d: }* H9 ^: Q* p5 _% aand American speakers of English, |
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