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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The2 y) K( j. m8 B% H1 \4 r2 V
Initial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the0 Q; G! b" r8 h6 o) ?& U( Z
syllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,( x) T) ]8 r" [4 \8 y Z
and uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
3 o% Z5 [7 Z7 Y) ~(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of1 Q& k! q1 [+ |) S3 i
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).. U* ^' L* ~; S; H! y! ]
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=# K _, R6 g" k# _8 u
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]% a# @) x% A' a2 w' R; b
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving/ \5 |6 D- m" Z' _- i
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on8 P+ }3 ]: |+ b& s, P) ?
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset- l& n. |# I$ I
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two2 s* a0 L1 B+ C3 {
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a8 U H, Z7 f' j
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.
. |8 Q% t8 k: B! Tend with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In% w# g! L y6 U. i, k7 ]
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,: J( R0 a1 T, D. c! x! \9 y" @
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..- T* D( d, W) F& e# B
" L. \6 Y( w5 A B$ I1 x
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)1 {* p- W8 j' v3 [8 Z7 N5 Z
and American speakers of English, |
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