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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
! P5 \8 x6 Z' K' v9 ~3 U( D) MInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the3 C" Q2 {: D& b3 B% a; T
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,4 V' S5 W1 J* v, R$ ]3 C& i; e
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial9 Z4 H) B* Z& a
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
# S/ |! W |: {/ _retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" H5 P& P1 `1 U3 oA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=6 o$ u6 Y6 H& n+ V& E. i$ |( s
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
$ _, Y2 j3 N7 w; W(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 ?7 v' K6 `" d+ N( w4 nretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
- x; m% A$ T* J- {possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset) m+ v& s3 p, w ~
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
3 v/ E: s O. ?segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
2 _5 h$ `' M3 A) _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* N" Y5 Y, Y2 `6 x) b9 d
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
! U' ~8 `8 j& Z: M5 j6 Ecompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) R- ]# M! i7 Y1 y3 z
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..# V# b/ g+ R- Y3 M* o8 r& Z
" c+ ^! |2 x7 C" o* z9 f7 I3 |* H(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
% q2 W8 m! c9 ]; d9 `5 `$ Kand American speakers of English, |
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