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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The8 G" N, r3 u& }. c3 B
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
1 I" \% P3 ^" y1 }! Fsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( t; }8 e2 g: {! X3 aand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. c1 e% h9 u: O1 Z k
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
' d& b5 x7 q. ?2 pretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
: J. m: _5 P0 a8 I5 }5 s. [A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
M" ?8 c, g" N* t% c4 j) d[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]3 W# X* j9 ~1 W) T
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving1 V, S/ w# p+ A& H9 D7 c* {
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
6 i$ J9 N; u" |* Jpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' B3 Z- F$ L$ O9 D+ J& d# d& F8 a
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% t, H/ [# v! b. i; |
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a1 [- P% [) V4 S; N3 \' S0 \
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.6 ^( n/ V K7 a- U% V
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In& R* f/ L( V9 b# C" K, I
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
2 y" J2 A1 r8 }) ^& O/ Y. @& Uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..$ n1 m0 ]! U4 G3 O# s9 a( L
8 R. k, ^/ P7 W- M# v( \: G(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
- q$ \) U* a! Pand American speakers of English, |
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