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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The z. v- O& P" k
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
h% |% y& `% Y w' t' }syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
, {3 k# q/ ^; j# U* qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
2 A9 D3 N# w1 v. o4 @" _(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of/ \( b U4 ~* p- |! Y$ x
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’). Y# _. w7 K( `: `
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
4 P1 R7 N+ q* [/ T, N, E& {) O/ _[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
5 s/ z! B% Y3 { T(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving7 e( A5 m3 v+ w9 l$ r: q3 s
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on+ g7 @7 T6 V0 j) ^. |
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset2 J/ C: c3 ]- y" |( j# }
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
! H. f' m) Z7 d+ Lsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a3 w$ q* N2 v- e; c
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
' p# Q( m9 g n6 e+ q4 Cend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In. ?. T1 N3 A- c- v. Y$ H9 b
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,
" O H5 l6 c3 @" v2 W' ?' J9 U ~the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..( u- u( F8 q" w4 ^% C
, O) C" D) [& o" c9 u+ \
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 c4 W* |! m6 {- ]5 l7 Q9 w
and American speakers of English, |
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