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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 P8 @/ K2 v9 i3 L- P& }Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
2 B- O' H' y1 Zsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
. h: t' e" ~$ O v3 s7 w. [& z" i4 i& }and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
. ~! p1 Y9 z5 ]7 E+ x( m @) ~4 J(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
" Y) N2 s& p/ C6 g1 Wretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).% E7 I0 }2 O; K0 Y" u9 p
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= k2 I* T2 ^7 c3 b3 R9 w, n/ o' [
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]8 B' i. ]5 Z7 Y7 i' o
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ Z/ ^: `1 I# h: B3 d1 i
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on2 \; v/ f0 T, w& F! ^4 E
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset7 O# j% B6 k6 ?
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
4 o# L9 A. _* Esegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a6 r' u' d9 n# l! z- D* H9 t
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
7 h$ F, E" ]/ t6 a1 H- aend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In9 b6 Y5 r7 |, y- r0 E0 E6 ^' ~
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,$ P6 s# W5 e. t+ {
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..3 ]+ v0 q" A4 X4 q
1 z" J8 x% f* R8 a(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
4 F- A3 f/ y! f( a" dand American speakers of English, |
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