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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The3 `4 ]( \! {: ^& k( Y
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 R7 m: t! Z/ a- \syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
: L: \7 `1 u7 |9 b' c& ] ?and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial) A. J C5 u! O
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of8 r8 f1 e3 U& Q; V0 |* @5 _
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’)./ H: G- p1 J% G6 Y+ W
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=: u/ a( P; C/ G2 S6 L
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* r; V1 N1 x; N
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 Q( a% U e! C, A4 J: F
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
+ {; n0 `- G1 j7 z/ a6 P3 }, ?possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, h; g, k% K3 ^) E" N
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two. Y) z o; i9 l. \" K8 d3 L8 l4 {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
# Y3 q7 S! A7 g' P: _semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
& t) o; H7 o) E! X+ Z* ~$ Xend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ N3 y( \6 F, g. n: X# d! u' ccompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,' t; m S9 ^, a& ?/ }6 g
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla.." D, X3 Y5 N5 Y$ `8 I5 n" a/ W: T+ t
+ e {' Q! Q- o$ \1 R) s(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
1 [& S. a6 n+ i# z* o4 H) aand American speakers of English, |
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