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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
# l: w- x1 U+ \" HInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the0 U# B& S( ^' J7 T6 R {( }
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in," S0 B6 c! Q6 J# O0 n+ f
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
& ?- d! L( _/ C(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
) M1 m: I% c$ O P- Kretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).2 S2 g2 T& g# W; ]9 M
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
. l" e$ S9 d: U/ H5 ^' X[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]+ N# b( g, }( X+ R1 c0 q1 q
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving/ p" q( f' p* S/ D9 f% E' u
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
7 r8 B, L' A2 ^. _4 [) o) Bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
6 g% j: G* C" N0 t5 x! W& x(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
. b* Q/ E Q4 j3 s6 Hsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& n+ P" z4 @; C+ H+ wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.* R2 I6 O& B2 I/ g0 L
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ |, g) D$ I7 `3 v% {9 R a( Gcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
. W2 P1 W/ C! `# Tthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 g; M& H# \& ]$ i
& o c: L; m. B1 x2 o$ Z5 ]5 G) ` B0 u(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
, m# O& a0 D* Q0 l# c5 nand American speakers of English, |
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