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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The* o2 E$ l' |- ?5 {0 y
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 e6 t8 L! G* e2 j6 c$ K/ j
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# i$ n( u# K+ j% band uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( }% h. U. V& c2 C5 f- l(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of) }0 r* v+ a3 u' W+ k: J1 o
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
, \. y% U, P9 H8 Q/ U5 ^$ oA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
, d% o$ \- s3 g( o[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]5 K: a5 O' _- e) c+ W5 Z( n3 d
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 A% X0 W- W5 G0 a# h5 W4 G% M
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: |* t7 ^) s3 a+ r0 \
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
U3 j; S8 F; @" P' E(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% a. z7 \0 C4 C: I1 S
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a2 K/ H" B. r7 e$ q& O
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.; z6 S* d( a- k
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In4 n! ^2 I1 [5 a6 t/ a
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,. e! N M9 f$ `( S5 a
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
% D' i) I. B" k" a
! K" S. c; t5 W$ F(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
6 c- B- X+ f. ^0 uand American speakers of English, |
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