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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
6 Q0 M1 u: p9 F b; v. w& Q: uInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 ^9 f4 J9 f% H9 [; Ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) m& m6 b/ Y* O9 S- o4 U P; qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial5 p4 Q8 o4 e, P' B i5 e
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
9 T* f8 V6 U7 u! T* Z% t- M; L# Oretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% P+ Y$ t1 x- j. _. N" K; h
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
$ ?1 w6 b. S4 d+ j% I, Z! G* u[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]0 F; z" V$ E' u+ o6 Z5 K# z! A' \* s
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 r. `/ M q, d+ a
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
; L4 b% c6 t6 P2 A( {possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, o0 }) {+ V' J0 f( V
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two, g j% X9 M2 Z; P1 b" O4 d
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a f* n2 X5 q& u7 J& v
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
2 `1 |, l7 E# Q: H4 R% `end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
4 N8 o' g; E: s$ Z. o4 P, K$ Xcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,7 b$ r. I( B( F+ J$ ~; ?
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
* ^, m( q5 H# X" R2 p) W( s- v3 ^ E' ~, ^/ U t
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. x" ~6 E8 m" S. @/ uand American speakers of English, |
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