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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The9 x/ v* ?! {0 X( [5 @) q% o
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
z G4 e& L; j$ C1 s( m1 n' g7 ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
1 O4 n9 ^4 z6 l$ Eand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
7 y2 B: b9 f0 h& h J(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 D6 [9 j( } m% a+ Y" I$ F
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
; X& i3 n3 ` `9 c1 }A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=) ~! {; w7 q' t
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
1 g/ S# v" K7 H( p! v(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
A U' n" ]2 V$ a0 e( Vretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
0 H/ T8 h* Y( P" v5 npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset6 |0 ^3 N. u# k& f
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
- j2 ~' x; [( @% G- Ysegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
( g" i$ r! R' f! w2 p) l4 u+ }8 Ssemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e. n* b0 n) H! _4 B
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
# e" ~5 ~4 A7 c) Wcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
5 L2 j5 P; M0 O( c) @2 Ythe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..& v( l& k6 T n1 }. B
9 P. m2 V# {: N" V; X
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
4 |. A7 {7 K" t' ~0 |- kand American speakers of English, |
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