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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
, q9 g) F1 j1 o6 j. Z$ ZInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the* _- X& `" N) v+ u4 {
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' t, R# L9 P5 v2 n8 wand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
4 S: T0 X! F1 n, L N(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of" I7 V; @4 D+ ^
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).; k+ M( _# O, e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= k# t* r( p2 w$ y5 d& U7 u: W
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”] }: \! G) P3 J5 K$ ^
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
! b! Y) Q$ i, X: m7 G. @retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
) C, B8 L9 Z3 c% Z9 dpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 ~$ O: o @0 ^
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
1 U! B/ t+ S+ M7 G/ Wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a3 @# _2 U3 ]$ B
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
9 a" c" W0 U$ p. x9 J# d; Yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In" M: \' _9 Z" |) j$ d' r0 o
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,- V: g5 b7 ]: s) [+ v0 T
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
4 i2 ?& c! l8 _6 F- S( S% k. q& F1 e' r. d3 C- ?: f% v
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
! ~7 w5 g, j& `) @6 f3 D& pand American speakers of English, |
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