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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
3 J5 }5 b7 H7 j8 x( k: h CInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
3 n2 ]" y8 D: c( I9 S9 \6 v) N' ^9 ysyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,0 }, @) Q# i5 n" G: I$ J
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
/ {% j7 W1 \7 m- a$ h(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
{. S5 G, f/ E h& C [* mretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).+ C. S; c D/ a& n- z; [2 T& T
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=! T8 j3 c) r& P( u% [% K+ t
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]: J8 j, C* p& ~. _4 S9 ] z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving8 s: p$ |4 O. s* q0 C# ~
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
/ Z1 q- N6 M) t- qpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset' x7 p. R) C- w3 W! ]' v
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
5 v& S& p d0 B* Z: fsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
2 `6 U: e# F' k% _: F: p6 Bsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e./ T( g& l9 D+ L' r' M
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In$ V: L' i/ ~2 ?% R; [0 U" _- s0 B- z
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
0 O. q( ?; J. x3 x9 d7 n( X) b1 z0 lthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..$ E, Z$ i& w- h$ J- g- o/ W
- _4 z; w7 q s" i" I, j- ~
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
! I2 R9 C+ G& V. n4 w% oand American speakers of English, |
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