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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The! K1 C z+ b. O+ Q; R
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the/ l* i5 g' |% ]1 u2 W( i+ y. {: a* X
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
( ]2 K3 `2 g1 {and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
) A& U. Z& O2 ^$ n S* O0 x(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 {5 ~% g3 T# k; r6 B: d4 [
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
5 c* q. U. d+ hA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
# J4 ^7 _( e, f; T( Q2 x[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
* l. ]% l6 o! }! D8 E' S- {8 r(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
( C3 f* _& v* B& m- _retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
8 V0 g2 N5 C6 z4 u4 P1 u* `, Hpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset0 Z/ m% t/ K9 l5 c9 p: d
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two5 G n/ P( {( x0 C' n
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& R' v& f) ]/ M# ^) ^. t) Psemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
+ K3 `6 \' h' B: Jend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
' w- V2 Q2 Z3 L: a& ]& H+ R0 Bcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,- K* k: @; j& L* D
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..0 u9 ^) w* w( p0 R9 }
: s; H+ S' p& q. f/ \
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
. r6 R' m+ F0 Y0 V4 B7 W, a- _and American speakers of English, |
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