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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
* u) C. `! V( |0 O/ _; S- ^Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the' ?3 d: k( u* H5 A8 b
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
" u# M" a0 ?; O9 u& c; T4 [2 \+ }and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
2 d5 |! T" \' M5 N' t) E& ^(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of( l- l2 M; T- e& \
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
+ c i+ G ] B% Y( p6 nA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=. n4 t4 I1 P# L, w
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]2 p+ b5 o5 R U3 x" L7 o
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving+ y+ ~1 W2 l+ [/ X
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
) P3 c$ g0 w& y- V. Kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
: t" o- O2 e( v4 }4 p* e; a(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
( l) w- ?( M4 w0 d/ l# hsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a! t' C/ d* [8 }6 w$ O/ G
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
4 I* x" p+ l4 G8 M* y! Wend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
, P- A! U( I# L9 L& D8 g; D/ @ {compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,4 z. l0 y7 I- ?8 M; |" i
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla... p* p+ x' @4 c3 H3 ~2 ?! E7 |
6 {& _* M- e5 d& e
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
' _" D g- G; E8 oand American speakers of English, |
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