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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The l I9 T7 n0 v2 Q: b
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
$ D) ^- W& W B/ Nsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
) f- Y$ K% L: m: ?8 x O S4 F* W% land uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial/ `+ ]7 K! K; D7 t L' o
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
/ p* [3 i' y0 y7 g$ M% ]retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
! k2 L5 g- d8 BA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
1 D' M5 J" `( F; @7 [+ U" \; m[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
) I9 ?/ D: ^3 c8 M6 y6 e! U5 g(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
2 r! H4 k- H. s1 r& ^4 B' qretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ R6 w& x- d( C% x$ N8 w M1 ^# Q
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 l' p( e @5 V6 i5 \/ x
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two0 y7 w4 h0 U/ W
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
1 G6 F1 x1 ]$ {semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.' Q1 N2 ]/ Q- Y( r
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, V- h5 M. U# M' s: ?compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
/ K9 D. S8 z A3 S' m; zthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..3 m R; u' U' x+ N# d% Q2 T3 _1 g
* |) n/ @, d( Y3 T(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
- @% i; u9 Y x; T- dand American speakers of English, |
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