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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
$ c& n* r0 J* S. m7 {; aInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
: y+ M, V# d( W% osyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
& f. A" O$ K/ }, X/ A$ }6 B5 pand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
% S% W( J N" i; t& p' m(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
1 w" {/ }' {2 E6 \$ vretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
: ^: d, j2 I- _0 @% p5 LA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
9 _0 E1 K9 ^7 v1 ^[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”] M7 q, I* r/ |9 A* B
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving$ ]7 V/ t3 l: r$ F8 t
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on5 J2 q: U. r! |& [& N
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
2 E* }9 A% r) J! X1 H8 Y u(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
5 m- d1 h% ?. E, I0 \) Fsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
1 v, g& ^, O# G! e" ^) y$ u. s6 wsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
0 Q4 Y6 D8 t+ d( P: }$ l3 T# Yend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
- t* }1 N1 l5 o7 M8 b1 Jcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 m3 Z( R" ~* c1 a2 T& E5 Tthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
, B8 h) a9 r4 z0 O& G2 ]4 K, X3 H0 S0 u% W% i# r7 N9 Z# l' E7 h
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
4 X1 P& [, M1 {% H/ E9 {and American speakers of English, |
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