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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
! N. X H7 B) _+ D- a, W, NInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
" E5 n5 E. }+ ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ I8 N. Z- \+ C6 i( @and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
" G8 t9 \+ H8 h2 P3 h% Q(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of+ ^. q" S' @$ n* p1 ^! N$ o
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).- C! i# j; g( L: a: V9 v; y5 t
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=+ j) r& a3 O0 s- s9 o
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]) s4 ]* u0 L8 a7 `6 `6 M$ E
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" H5 Z: c7 U* ], ]# ^
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on$ g5 r' u) {+ O! }
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset5 l3 Y% H9 E2 j; ]9 p
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
' f# P, @" n5 y5 m0 i& z7 ~segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a* s5 X" ?/ l& [4 y
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" N& E" f; x5 F) S; c% Send with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& m% U# J# t5 r/ A8 D) p
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,0 u( v( ]; J: h2 ~6 i
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
1 C# O2 Y* d" d' f5 X
4 M' u5 b2 w( W. T# U" r( v1 Z(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
% e, S' }; u( }+ Yand American speakers of English, |
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