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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
; U7 I; k7 f# Y6 AInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
9 `% U0 ^5 I0 g; K& T! t X, nsyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
5 I1 v0 f# d, Q; }) X! j- Q. H, hand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial
# A$ Z9 W, }* G8 v' H( S& U' v(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of, G6 I4 w* j1 Y* Z2 P( u5 T; n% ]% \+ f
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).
/ T8 G. V; M# q S5 g. C. {A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=5 Z+ t" I! V7 u+ `2 A8 x8 i
[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]
1 k+ D! J" D: e. F. E0 r(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving& J: N4 X7 D9 @# R' J1 h
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on
$ F$ G5 _' d+ W6 B. y; w# M* wpossible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset* b& W1 K3 I# Z" h6 z8 n/ ~- X
(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two
. L; F. h% W+ k- E+ e6 w R( Nsegments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a
& n. `3 j2 g: @# R: X& d% esemivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.7 x! ^5 \+ [* |* d* P# `) {# E8 D
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In p' J. _5 k" d# w. v
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,7 ?! m9 e# _ z+ d# ^3 E
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
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' \) f8 X W+ T7 `(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
~3 q9 M& Q" y8 X! Y! Eand American speakers of English, |
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