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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
0 T! M6 `7 g8 T$ _: jInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
' l% x1 L/ r5 N0 m, csyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,8 U9 C, E+ z7 a8 ~# s- _
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial: Z4 X1 f# {1 U6 B. k- u0 V
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 V G+ q# j; k0 a& J l, o+ h
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).4 }( f- s2 y1 S. Y
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
8 j$ s7 X o. L4 S5 g+ Z$ ^* C[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]- [* y: k4 @ ^0 y' k! P
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
" k m5 l% p$ @) t3 U, gretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on, S5 ^& `2 ?: b ^
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
- ^! f( M* H2 }) } I(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two% B$ z' W, {& v, v
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a+ A D; p/ k5 a2 R
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.3 N1 K* Q. h7 p- A7 ]& d! W
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, T2 I5 t: c% ~% ?/ v7 ncompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,* K% q5 A( I1 A* C, E% ~. o' @" ]
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
; A6 V' Y5 d+ R6 `) N' i! w9 y: Y1 M& E- S3 W+ Z: N( J; a& c: U
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
+ Y' U8 d( }) f# `6 xand American speakers of English, |
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