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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The# Q/ P( e1 X( G/ m7 P, E& }
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
( D; Y/ Q* ^7 ^ bsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
# y$ ?, L+ T! ]/ k# A0 G+ Vand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial& P* p, w2 |0 x1 q) a
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of, j" |# P" m4 k" G# K( b- @0 C4 R
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
$ H$ n3 b6 @# ?A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
2 n) d- x- L8 p7 o[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”] _3 s+ g5 f; h% X+ d
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
- W+ g) z% @+ U3 ]. G4 r. mretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ @ c" r1 S. r% S5 h' M) a
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset5 a% W7 L# T+ Q4 A0 L- A
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
- ^. U9 [3 c& E0 O$ F; I5 Zsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
B3 n8 ~7 U/ m% C, Fsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ j8 s2 K7 K! V% @, D; V$ q
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In6 D7 M, j: W% _* Z
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
4 x: B' C5 a3 Ethe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." Y4 s! R5 V. }( B5 G$ [2 j
) a% O" o2 {3 y% ]1 T1 a(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
* S! g" ?" d. Y& F& ^and American speakers of English, |
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