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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The; g2 G3 X. f) M, x# ?
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
# v- a- W. n! G F) g" J9 \syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 n' a9 V* u% b1 Y/ M
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
1 i; t# ^' m( } X$ R6 |(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of' w* u0 Q3 Q$ e0 C/ ]% V, X
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
1 f6 ~: @% d! F& ?. XA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=6 K7 D0 O7 s+ x4 s7 V! ~9 a
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
0 l0 M* y( a3 y% W(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving3 }8 E/ k5 C$ z5 M# k6 H- G s- h
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on4 x* G4 N6 p( M+ N# B! d; |
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
3 l( h( a5 s/ G(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two4 ^% A+ m4 L/ w4 n' ] @& _
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
. z' q+ T/ ?7 Qsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
" _" R7 t* | t' }# p' Y) cend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' u' h7 G; K" D" Vcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
1 S! a* M0 h. F; x7 o# [the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..8 G5 R; l2 Y& L5 D/ ?3 _
' l ~/ I+ O/ }* B4 s. I% E
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
9 d8 t8 T8 a% [and American speakers of English, |
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