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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The4 e; C9 S4 O! L+ |+ G* u% K
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 F9 W* ]* j: z' I: ^syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,* R ?* M x$ g& p/ w
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial6 w# h A) C5 M. N
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 }9 u5 a6 h/ c* O( J9 B
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, \! h4 ~' w% P* d- ^1 UA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=2 ^) O- r2 k+ N, W) z
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
4 l& A8 O( _6 W9 m0 @/ l- O0 W(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
9 ~7 N. _9 g3 D$ g9 ^( ?( g) oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on- G9 k0 N8 G7 l( A1 I1 j& N
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
$ S- e# h9 f; V( I5 u* A(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two$ f* {. u1 A! H9 M8 q6 o# V! c: m
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
7 I" Z6 W" k8 h3 g0 ^! X) a; csemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
2 y I5 Y/ D& U4 F, M7 D! o5 dend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In H, K4 M& M8 C0 }0 X
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
2 @' k! B" Q( @5 Dthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
z: H( v0 M$ J" A
" }9 _% U! K1 m5 e7 C, v(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
/ h0 [: ^: W. b& X% `5 p8 Jand American speakers of English, |
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