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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The- w. C" Q, r. o j. O) A5 A
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the) E* a. z( M# O
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,6 f: X* Z3 ]9 _' f" Y9 d2 E8 B; n
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial2 |# N4 T' j+ A% y
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of7 ?$ M6 Q9 A6 e5 I8 F! f, {
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).! q8 n9 S9 {- a: H
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=" {' l6 O S7 |+ c8 Y
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
/ H# i3 e9 {* z2 Z. S(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
7 w% a+ e$ \( \; ]4 Y' n$ yretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
9 X9 U+ z& Z9 w1 bpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
6 g3 V0 {1 J3 p3 V7 F(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
! M/ [' D. F' P2 m$ v7 vsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a6 W6 U+ N# z- A, ]* w5 j
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e." R! p9 ?# z/ {, f
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
/ u7 e) U; F* Jcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
: O' l9 ~' f, O# k6 F* Dthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..9 b1 l% d) u+ E9 f0 x* |0 e
( |5 N7 l" H2 P(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
( B a5 B- ~6 S6 q: q% wand American speakers of English, |
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