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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The6 t+ t9 P+ h- P: @
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
/ T8 V6 I: n1 K& L: U0 A$ Jsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,1 g8 _5 v- E$ I1 {
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial. n0 {2 f; v+ m3 Y4 W, O! X, I
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of1 c# b) h G8 H5 `" h. a
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
M" z- }1 U! I4 W) A% sA Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=+ |! {3 C! N3 y3 H* Y; }% ]
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
1 b9 I9 ^) K7 T/ i& T7 ^1 A(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving9 I( P5 r5 h, e+ ?
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on- g+ I1 s5 N9 A( q2 W
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset, U! X; }" z# X" e8 j
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two- K5 F4 R9 W% |
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a f/ |% l( I$ j1 k
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
$ }" [) I& q1 g! b% Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In9 ^/ i+ H" |- l, v3 u
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
' C6 G. h5 [5 k, Pthe latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..! j5 V/ T# T9 j2 _* E* p1 ^
6 c2 Z1 u) c- d0 t(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
, C% K6 q1 q/ Y: i" _and American speakers of English, |
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