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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The1 ^. e) m% |8 j* L' _( @0 }) I: R, C/ B
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
5 I% [$ Q' _ Msyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( X Y3 O* z0 V/ {2 `and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) l% p, h. X. d. P2 w6 z, B& _5 N
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of( ], ]0 Y1 V8 h4 S) p
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. x: D3 J% z( s1 p
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
. X7 f, n7 j, Z+ j[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]; K& P! o# u$ N% c
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving# m5 e/ g+ ]$ d$ i* f' s3 w
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on5 f0 @4 H3 t9 b+ x3 q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
) q$ k/ P) K: h+ r- U/ I(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ ~+ }: Y0 J }
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
: Z( M; @( s" isemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.9 y/ q; n+ I( q$ d4 |+ ~
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 l" O+ g4 T; B2 qcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; T6 ]5 o6 H, o% z. S# A, ^/ ]the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..; I7 D& |( ]% g/ I+ S# Q( d* {
, x! P1 k# \1 z) i5 a$ L3 N(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
; W/ A- U/ R. Uand American speakers of English, |
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