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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
5 X# G* }, Z. q9 q( VInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the: ?+ N7 e% H& ]0 a% H0 y% }/ E
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 a7 e' P% U4 g. I7 P" h
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
5 J7 T% c2 m. R# B5 v+ @6 v(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
# [, M9 ~; m- F6 H' y7 ?retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).' J6 E! K/ \' B" `3 c" G, m
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
& [" y6 X; S8 W[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]# o2 K& b6 W% c* b! z& x
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; ]& F) ~- f! Q* a* r9 R
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on$ p/ W! [, s1 o g, Z- M2 \0 u
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset: J. A- X" n! u
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 E7 ]2 b7 O2 _- p( A# G
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a- t) A# q4 B1 e" J$ M
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% B1 y; i1 s4 c5 e$ z5 S3 d5 |end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In G G9 R% [/ q5 M/ c S V- |
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
; I- f4 q6 a, hthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! @! E& _* ?2 D: R) T* V
3 B9 m8 {, m5 ~(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
- L' F, `. \/ [$ |$ {! N) N- dand American speakers of English, |
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