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Traditional Chinese phonology divides the syllable into an Initial and Final. The
7 U. A8 }" R* g3 ^( m# ~) nInitial is the way a syllable begins, usually with a consonant. The Final is the
. Q6 N; c- ]2 G" G" H( ksyllable minus the Initial. For example, in ta, chi, jin, chuang, the Finals are a, i, in,
' t5 ]6 L ]1 Qand uang, respectively. The longest form of a Final consists of three parts: a medial3 g7 v# ~! r, z& n3 F, ~% V3 Y
(or: semivowel), a main vowel (or: head vowel), and an ending (or, in the case of! Q9 V/ f/ j7 N1 i) R$ A) I# a
retroflex suffixes, sometimes two endings, as in the er-sound ming’er ‘tomorrow’).8 a; R' \1 |6 V& D9 s. r1 T: i$ y
A Final in Mandarin comprises one of four medials: º (empty), /i/, /u/, or /iu/ (=
3 j p9 b; a/ C) ?5 t$ Y[y], one of three vowels: /a/, /e/, or /o/, and one of six endings: º, -i, -u, -n, -N, and [”]/ I. Y; h1 p7 ^/ J( `5 O( Z
(phonetically -r).13 Actually, there are only 40 different Finals (if Finals involving; P) G& M) _+ A0 t2 _6 h' m
retroflex suffixes are not counted). As a result of these very severe restrictions on7 N1 \- P$ B4 n; i7 T" C
possible syllables in Mandarin, no obstruent clusters are possible in the onset
0 D% A5 A$ c N/ b$ _. p(Initial) nor in the coda (Final). Onset clusters can maximally have a length of two9 y \/ e+ a0 v6 ^
segments, in which case the consonant closest to the vocalic nucleus must be a' T$ ]( t6 P. P. ~! s: |
semivowel. Coda clusters are disallowed; in fact, syllables are generally open, i.e.4 J; `& n! O# o; Y! Q# k W" i
end with a vowel. The only possible coda consonants are the nasals /n/ and /N/. In* g4 w6 W; Y' {% _9 a
compound vowels with /a, e, o/ as the first segment and /i, u/ as the second element,4 _% h" r8 m7 Z+ _
the latter are phonetically realised as semivowels, creating a diphthong. .. bla...bla... bla..
' D( F5 R; T3 u/ a$ u" q# Q- ~ Z' m) G
(source: Wang Hongyan, year unkown, English as a lingua franca:Mutual intelligibility of Chinese, Dutch)
- M) Q3 m$ G0 W& `" x) Uand American speakers of English, |
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