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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The! |* p3 D1 @6 c6 R. Z Z, k" N
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 @$ P8 B, C* a& ?% `syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,, N( k- V: {4 @0 S" O; ]- j
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
4 s# v8 g% l2 P% k(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
M: ~/ q* u# q7 Z. y* H$ l0 Wretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
) A8 g7 Y' M) _4 I/ @- d$ [. U, IA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=5 h8 g& a0 Q! Y, R" c" ~
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 z4 l8 k: z& Q. _% p(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
0 L9 W, S+ r/ _. ~1 d cretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
/ y4 V2 N0 n k* mpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset$ H% I5 ~ b: p$ _+ l/ O v" E
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 t0 c) U! W% ?6 ^. g. |% E
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a- P3 m# S$ E! _ d& ]
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.: Z J" o7 O+ U7 e
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In6 H8 L6 m3 Z [9 E* o( A, i- H
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
: }$ Q! k) F5 [" A. _# ythe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..' u6 p; v( @& W6 d' p2 q
) j- S( O4 N/ h. U2 v# z(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
& u5 t( H7 @8 ]8 ?7 Qand American speakers of English, |
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