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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
$ [1 H% D; x* r/ h% z& PInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the) S. r- w# x/ ^' |* H2 I5 B: |5 h
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' O1 Z0 X& _- L+ w# y: Vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial7 F, x* U8 Y4 j# x* r# \
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of- u c9 q: s5 e% Q p2 A% m
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)." y' V# |$ P% N: R/ K2 u; [
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
' v- U0 d# ~7 V[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! g; @- Z3 F2 X9 X(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
8 w7 G0 U6 w S$ J9 }! Y% g* Hretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on x6 e: E8 X& }6 h2 v
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
8 y/ ~+ c) A- [/ ^7 S# f(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two# p1 t7 M0 I& J6 Q. T8 _0 f* w
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ B7 |( |" j; ]8 C
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
8 g7 n; e3 r/ {; A2 @end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! n/ O. i' n6 U( m" Q
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
. K7 a& ]! @2 F: vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..$ P8 ]' u) ?1 S/ J
* w8 u! h3 f' a+ @) B! G(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
8 W& D' i% p4 D/ m7 \6 nand American speakers of English, |
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