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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The+ O: I W4 z3 I/ r* l; S
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
, }/ K8 K( ?, q ?3 ?syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( t% ^3 \9 J9 a: C0 oand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial' W, l3 ~ p4 D6 V: l: ~0 G
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
, w0 l1 H( u2 l H7 U. iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).7 F2 b) E/ J2 T7 q- W) e0 e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
+ O3 O2 P7 ?' v1 h" h[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]! ~+ e- H y* b
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
1 A# u$ I- M, tretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
* O0 P4 S! @% {/ y0 hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset- _) U( x) E0 _, u( P
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
7 r9 o4 Y& I* v. Fsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a4 [& c" D3 p! V3 u$ Q
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.$ ^7 N q, Q8 \# G( O% e3 ~
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
: T( O( m, @2 B& t/ Ocompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,% B3 N% C7 Z }5 Q. ?
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..& N- s( @# ^/ j! K" ]: J
' g( j! x0 Z# q(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
$ |6 `/ c$ b# u/ \+ A+ dand American speakers of English, |
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