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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- L8 x3 _2 N6 p' b4 zInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
' t6 L: P8 ?0 e5 d( |, X6 K, N) dsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
2 z6 n/ P% j% j2 f$ s! w) C! Vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial# n$ F) d1 \8 k- ^: k& u$ e% x' x& a& g
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
4 S1 M8 m8 j- ~$ o$ L' M9 |retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" ]" H" w' J8 s, J/ P2 W* R' DA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=8 v, l4 ~4 J7 z3 u- i- _
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
6 I- c; ~9 ?; w, T(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
$ P# _! O: F. @- b: I- k0 Xretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on) e3 ^$ t/ n a9 {+ z. V
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
4 w/ Q0 U: m! y ~(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
+ l( J K/ E0 x! P9 A3 Dsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 D+ [$ n5 K! l$ z% C5 }
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
5 H2 y9 R. v" ]7 s* k% Uend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 b" ~0 p" L, G* mcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 _* x* k. Z/ q5 Z3 [/ b2 Wthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
) |. Y3 K4 M- [( U5 o% @$ ^
9 s+ \- v* C# l0 A+ p* I(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
c; ? |: {' d4 d# h* I% N$ ~% zand American speakers of English, |
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