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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The* x; R y1 O3 W. F; Q* U
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the7 Y! l# X. G# R( G- e
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,( D% Q( |4 ~( j6 H9 l1 |2 B0 ~
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial8 s ^* T/ j7 [& Q
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
$ {2 a: h2 Q9 T4 k" b% iretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
" R- ^1 s% D+ K; e3 fA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
- V& c2 d! l: K; I2 J; Q( C+ J[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
' @9 l: d9 Y( N7 x! u( r7 o: [2 _(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving2 |- x6 @7 u/ `9 |- A( v# j+ y
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on4 t {( b0 B# M- E) L- f
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, q3 m0 x5 s/ Z: M
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
5 G4 V. d4 y' a4 Wsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
( l/ X" o& r; Y2 `4 I7 esemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' A! u# |! \3 ]
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
3 m. T; f% g0 s& F( {2 H6 _- a; {% Kcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
, B' `. s5 l3 V* N0 F& {the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
# B4 p2 y, Y0 A5 h+ | u% v! S, P: }2 W" ]5 |! O( }! z, m- k
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)& u8 o5 O7 d+ y5 X: t" u
and American speakers of English, |
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