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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The; m# s; K+ a; F! @+ @
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
8 W& M- l1 F# y# ?+ s+ ysyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, X/ p( Z3 e) y) V& ]1 N
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
) ?2 x# y- a( m; n(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
4 D0 @: y& v& {8 a$ ~. Vretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 R/ c/ Y3 ]4 e+ g% X
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=" n: U2 ]3 C3 f* b8 g: F' D
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]& C' @2 |# A. m9 P' A
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
% c! Z& ?" Q8 k) g6 K" [8 Y) fretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on% e5 ?" h+ c* Q+ p" _
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset8 b- t1 a: S% Q4 L( }" j
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- F: v/ Q. |6 O) A
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a0 I, u0 f- i) G$ P6 n
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 E9 z" o3 b h2 T5 G
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# g) \& h3 L% z9 Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) ^8 `$ O8 i8 t% i) S! G$ s
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..+ |+ a% [; D) o4 \ W# ~/ d
: T3 a4 G* _2 U* j( ]# D4 J
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
! O% V R, t, ~9 \3 |6 }% B: @and American speakers of English, |
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