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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
$ b9 \7 ]1 h' X2 m1 aInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the6 m, ^# b5 }; |( P. x
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
, W6 n3 a6 x! j% X8 sand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
. K# h' D' K K" z, p7 x; {(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 V y+ [; Y6 g/ E1 }6 k0 Qretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
/ K9 ?/ Y7 I+ _$ eA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
" @: ]- G% T$ l3 D; t- M[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 X; e2 C7 j) N6 r3 J# J- v(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% J7 Q# Y5 ^2 a3 m4 I( s& }retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on7 g( j+ o" C+ Y4 }- M/ ]
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset0 n1 f6 V- l* O0 l) ]
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two1 W" }: E7 T+ ?" @3 L8 I9 i
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
7 s) r" ]( f+ s3 F* {semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
% M2 W4 b) {# m2 Iend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In1 @# F2 P/ x; m- e/ C5 d [2 m& r$ @8 ^& y
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 i7 w, B1 ^: g$ O, ^ `4 Uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
- d- n; d: {4 b0 n' p! N' q
( C" Q6 X6 z( s: J* k5 ?3 S6 w6 c(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& A( [' E3 g+ m# z% h% e5 eand American speakers of English, |
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