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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
/ K4 t( S- Q/ O- k) \Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
^ {: W4 a9 T( s1 Ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,( v$ m1 w- f' g, h# t% g% n( i
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial; Y$ P x7 D: ~6 C3 g
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 h! O5 |/ T/ f2 ~
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% A* c* G: _4 v7 U. ^% g+ a
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=: T2 M" n5 ?* m
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
+ o- X+ a$ U& C" B' [(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
! o& I2 ^9 L, Y% g5 L, R oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
6 D3 a, ]& f) \3 Z8 ]possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& k$ H8 Q C, p" U, U) n% W
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
( O* n) }- I* I0 c5 S" C1 r" B; n4 ?segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
r8 Z. z2 N- a5 f8 lsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
# E8 _ U& h" g" N2 W, t0 oend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In! n7 p. s* c0 M9 F9 V) N$ a% G
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: \/ J: S& D7 j. D5 F' C
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
$ H S" [& F/ v( T/ H, e% j
: N' A* Y r/ G: f" y(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
) B) d! q- H$ d2 {' H' Gand American speakers of English, |
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