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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The z: @1 h/ s& a- v. p2 ?
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the( ?3 S V% H- ~
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 g6 E# e0 K6 X8 Iand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
8 T. ^: x" S1 j2 y( s/ U7 l' `(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
|4 Z& u7 t, I$ Hretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! x0 ]" e8 ?$ U6 X4 N# MA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=& |4 _+ k7 m8 w5 }8 h7 ?
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 l" o K2 o* n# N4 T3 J(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
& }9 V" I) @4 _5 } {retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 M- q. w1 G3 `" K
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
7 }& f$ R2 y" ]; [5 ~1 V3 G4 E3 E(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
7 q: f* |7 E% c) ?+ \+ Msegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- ?/ Q: B" f, k# n) ?semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. s0 x, [1 v1 E
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
6 a1 y' [) f2 o7 I+ a2 |compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
% v s* j5 \# j5 nthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
' Z- _+ e; D5 M# B, b' r
, \5 ?0 v( a9 _3 {: ]6 o! Q! R9 ~(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
# x2 I& n6 g5 d- U, z, b6 l; m- vand American speakers of English, |
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