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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The; ~7 ]( _0 T( d5 G
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 c8 f' l' K) xsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, p$ X! o. K" B' e* R0 X4 Q
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
& e6 u6 h) I* Y0 n0 x0 j+ Z8 r. u0 U(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of X3 \, v8 j& |( ~0 F0 @3 ^8 T
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% C; Q& \+ i- U2 n. v: e
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) h8 {: U% Y' h1 t! g
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
5 ~" e/ N& H G0 v3 E7 P(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving: D. F# B1 F. X0 J: A' s" Y/ L
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on: e0 ?5 Y. e6 j: |. F, G
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset/ `4 M& q3 T) [6 P
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
" v2 d$ Z7 t6 R7 [segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
- G [5 e6 z) H! }0 u( |1 Zsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
( X# c: J" s& @+ |, Kend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
" g" n) t1 u& e0 A$ Ocompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,) m) e" d4 E# N: R+ y' n; s. Y
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 e# C$ t" O$ W# |" |4 ~: d( T
, Z( j) B3 L6 T" ]% w% O(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)3 f# H0 Z5 b: F! E& F
and American speakers of English, |
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