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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The- t$ F2 g. @0 e8 j6 P" ?
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
" W1 e4 Z- ~& Q' Xsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
$ y# i+ ?8 X, m& ]' ]2 Z& |and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
! N) `8 E, T T) L(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ A: e$ ^( S P- b* z3 yretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) \5 f- ^) v; q8 u( A3 lA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=: ], g3 }% N- ^/ i2 w5 o
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]$ p- R) G* v% a' L2 s
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" H! E# O! r. E9 G5 c4 I
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on3 j8 c% h; @# j9 n; H# o
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
5 Q) O8 @- I b(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
& y' S% h9 D: ]& w: z4 z2 G6 |' csegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a# e. m7 w. I! a0 W. \) r
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
1 m8 ~# _4 y2 A! L; K; e' r8 [7 ]end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ ^0 g/ A: z9 h
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
8 v' ?. r$ \# Rthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..* Z `# W* F& [3 W0 x: V- x6 \
/ L1 k' ^1 A; e% G7 ](source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
% c1 {8 K% v9 U. o0 U! Sand American speakers of English, |
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