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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
1 M6 o# G0 y) D. |Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the% [3 s+ A' m# n2 [5 x' s
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
+ v3 S1 b k) a% h9 uand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial! m7 F# d2 I" `* u
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of
5 b! S3 S( D( @retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
' i0 f2 J1 u. A _1 t6 m- uA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# Q4 g& e4 D0 P. }' j X
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
2 P* P. h: z- v9 M(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving& r \7 F- z- m1 `1 a9 m# |7 {
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
6 {# T. V8 K+ b% l! {. c2 Q( Kpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
- a4 p; X; {3 F; x/ a(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two! o# |/ y' L; H& T
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
% o+ Y- Z; N) W: Xsemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
) ~1 K3 \9 `1 q7 D0 o2 L8 Nend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In5 N3 [* Q# h& I; R( A% J
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,& A5 \& R/ g( x0 f" @
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
H: }/ W7 { Q5 H% Q* y( G' Q* R- W0 O% t
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
8 s' m: F* f P; O( Band American speakers of English, |
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