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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
2 B* S( ?5 ^: f% z. O. q+ k5 m, eInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
* `( f$ u, a/ Z; Tsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
3 A5 Q( {, W l- |7 N+ Uand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
1 L( ^6 {3 N. j H) r0 Z' |(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
( S/ l1 L' V. X* f' g5 Uretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).: d3 W2 q8 t+ `" _0 g$ V$ }
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
( s: c q- A9 w8 C[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
1 h$ P+ @) j( y+ X8 S- Q8 O(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
5 N0 V" g# `( x9 F6 Vretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on6 }1 X: H& r( ]" L9 w
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset& e# i4 I, ?( p2 w
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two( A7 |% ]. g' ~+ |
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a6 J6 `* x& W8 I9 m( j8 H* t5 Y
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
2 b& ^7 t8 o; ^* i& `* S$ Qend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In# D% i8 B4 i( U9 k- o- l+ {% K* L
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,2 E, Z4 v8 s* R ~
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
# s. ^$ c& j5 r7 v) _
x& I" M2 {7 d# o5 L(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch); ?$ J+ e8 G3 {+ _7 J
and American speakers of English, |
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