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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
0 y7 s" S3 o9 L4 f$ S2 K3 ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 P$ |# O% M' F' @# k, j4 }7 a, Hsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,$ V- o+ p5 g) p$ }6 G- p2 k
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
( y6 e* T0 [' @6 U" C) d(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of0 ~0 S6 v; y+ p: V8 C
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)." f& `3 M. M5 P$ p! Z6 w s' y+ E
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! s0 R* L, q) s/ a& x
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]9 y+ I: h- [1 l V+ N
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving" }% @: E5 \ v. [' P( s' o7 S
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
- t( D$ Y* x1 } opossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, y) v: q4 Y4 }" A/ |
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
9 W! R: I7 Z. B1 a, h* e- N) b$ esegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
$ C& n1 l! v" k1 P* Ysemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
4 y% D- \7 F! H5 Uend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
" [( i/ r1 L& V% a. }$ ccompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 H/ S5 Z8 I2 R* y2 E7 X% Ethe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
& d! O" ?. v* n) d) l9 ~- @$ a5 d* Z. |# \# k4 O0 V) B: d
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
3 k9 g. E9 N, {4 `and American speakers of English, |
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