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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
- z8 F6 h' d. ^% vInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
- ]; O+ q5 z1 d7 t. Ssyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
- Y% M- j% _# s% x% k W! o- Mand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 L1 E; t# P9 i6 A1 S1 [' ]' e" K(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of4 l* D& @' r' M5 s1 n
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) R5 n' V3 P7 \" TA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=+ |( ^1 |1 v }7 O
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]; [/ h$ ^) b; T
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving2 V+ I R; e) {) Q
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on c* X8 c' t$ _, b6 [! m
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
7 g# b* Y' x) s+ u(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
T# P$ J; p' a4 b4 _segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a% g; Y- {7 d B2 }$ m
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
/ j B! [3 U, g% J4 y: Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In9 r) z9 n% c1 x
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,& G" g/ v% f: Y) k
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
) h' C- S, D& j9 S2 E- r }+ y* |2 b& q9 g' i
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
J+ ]1 r1 d8 F( u8 p; oand American speakers of English, |
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