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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
9 G& P: Y# z9 G& l" f+ H1 Z4 ]Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the2 Y. i5 u! f( a# `& L
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
$ c( R( n# Q# N( d$ G8 ^* Uand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial1 ~2 j- `) _3 }
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
t$ Z. A; y& ~1 pretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
8 m( c( e' e- k8 p1 Y/ @* g7 L* mA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
+ q Z7 N7 B. F8 O, D4 E[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]* {+ |: R& V% I9 L
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
: m" j6 s( K. k7 o) nretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on- B; U0 p. |: J( L& V; h
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
. e: ?, N2 ~; F2 `( Z t(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two7 W- [6 k, i X- h, g( k
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
5 a" e9 e6 }2 Y# F. ]9 \" Asemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
# p, Q+ H4 K- Y; i4 Y( {: ^+ eend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In
* a7 s# k& A7 H- dcompound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
# ^: V7 _/ [# [, P7 b" o. Cthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..1 `: A3 W, G# ]& `, H4 Z2 K
/ M" v4 [/ ~0 g" R. K
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
- T7 p: [; \9 n( B& [/ p: j; land American speakers of English, |
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