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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The& I* N0 H# b4 p8 Q, ]* k% g) ]6 Y
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the. H+ |+ b0 W6 N4 |
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,; W- D7 F" Y: r c- w& Y2 ^
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
$ h- k! W* S4 q9 R) W(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of( ?% A2 g1 t: a' |2 K; w9 I
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
9 o) A2 Z% b8 KA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
# k2 K. Q3 A# G0 x5 K[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
! J. m5 o2 t% w) v(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
( ` k) h7 U7 H2 rretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
3 H6 z* |( I# o. C& g) npossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
* s% B7 K H0 d. Q(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two0 \% t, V8 w4 k' l( ~6 e
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
, r& p* [* h1 ?* j) Lsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.. x0 G( ^ s# [/ o
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
; l/ @ |) Q* |7 j0 x% _compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
9 ]$ g2 p& o" V7 S% `+ P3 Uthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
' O9 W* k* P+ x, |- u' J
+ j! X$ _4 K5 R0 P! N' A: N(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
2 W2 g5 [4 X8 z9 fand American speakers of English, |
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