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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The- p& b+ c. T# M: s* c
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: q3 R s; a5 r. |1 f' }syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
. H- o' Z+ F/ N* Jand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
* x* {+ g3 H/ H; n6 l& S. K(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
- ?: c0 k8 {( F' N7 t# M3 R4 |retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).# f! g0 L5 t+ k' L8 a
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
" K0 O. Z4 }3 }( O[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
- e2 ^4 V1 ]& b# V(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving2 L2 l7 X( o- {) |# A( P& Q; R
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on. U- T! q1 m% S" }# h
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
! L0 a2 n+ R f* E* t/ F; r(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
4 k9 y8 `! N) H# Z. s+ @segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
3 O' W7 H3 b; Zsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.& B, s, ^$ Y) f
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
( S) w9 N# U1 Q1 A/ jcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
Z0 ~5 ]& E* @" }: L& Kthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
7 b n% q) A& U% s2 d# i, s7 _* V" Y% }6 ^; d
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
3 }( Y& E3 h: M9 @/ y; T% Z6 n( I" @and American speakers of English, |
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