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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The3 Z5 u0 f; p: @! X! E, i
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 x9 B" f; x) v. q: _$ B% bsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
" ^5 u& l: ]4 [5 }" F4 sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. _6 i3 v8 W* G( ?" u1 T
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 m" r" J/ {: ?) fretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. N; y7 J- H/ @; t/ F
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=2 r4 m a$ b0 z' ~
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]; e$ _: [6 I4 K/ k! l
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; U, H0 O2 n8 J6 O2 F1 g
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on" _% Z0 N0 o% A: m
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset$ R' O5 F& C0 @0 Y8 I! l( E
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
1 s' J6 ?) K9 K$ d' Qsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a) S4 J1 ?7 [7 {+ _* P
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.) ]& M$ l) v& R4 m. e) \
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In/ _5 g8 f+ t) e* W H" C
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,8 ~0 o, O4 V r! E
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.., D E1 ~" \9 h" ]! C. i+ C
3 `! `5 ?5 G7 E(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 H6 `0 x; S1 w+ ]% }7 j/ m2 c! o/ W1 fand American speakers of English, |
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