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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
& f5 D) s: x0 D8 S$ A- m EInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the9 [0 G1 u, t6 `2 A5 [1 A4 n2 b
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,- _2 ?) O' b( H7 L; ~& b# s, T9 J
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial- L4 `& e# t" e V: q/ i9 A, F
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
% H! X7 o/ N( P% F4 kretroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).! U& m4 M4 i0 b3 z
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (= t7 S2 y5 I$ g/ G& F/ W
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]+ s" `8 f/ G! t p4 _
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving
$ x/ b& S6 A( c/ V6 oretroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
% Z. n/ _8 x0 |. spossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset3 W" I/ J/ ]+ b
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two+ m0 C) Q0 A2 r1 _
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a; o; Y6 W; u$ K1 l' F/ v* m
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.7 W, a, v. D, c3 m9 Z5 J K
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In# V5 P. u" ?9 ]/ u
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
3 U$ Y$ S2 D' n& ^/ \- Vthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..7 g% N- [+ Q+ j4 P6 ^) k
. z$ v9 d" h, m+ S ]$ G
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
$ g; {0 p: r" q/ w/ _2 m2 ~and American speakers of English, |
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