Add Quenya ⟨ht⟩ digraph

According to Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings, “[t]he Quenya
combination ht has the sound of cht, as in German echt, acht”. As echt
and acht do not have the same cht sound in German, I assume this means
that they are allophones in Quenya just as in German, and ⟨ht⟩ means
[çt] after front vowels but [xt] after back vowels. Add tests for both:
Telumehtar, the Quenya name of the star Orion, is given in Appendix E as
an example of ⟨ht⟩; Mahtar is the father of Nerdanel, wife of Fëanor.
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Lucas Werkmeister
2021-07-18 13:28:03 +02:00
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// syllable nuclei: vowels (any length) and diphthongs
.L01 i e a o u í é á ó ú î ê â ô û ui oi ai iu eu au
// front vowels (finally): after these, ht is [çt]
.L02 i e í é î ê ui oi ai
// back vowels (finally): after these, ht is [xt]
.L03 a o u á ó ú â ô û iu eu au
.replace
// turn x into cs, both because that’s how it’s pronounced
@@ -63,7 +67,9 @@
.group h
h h
// TODO ht, hl, hr, hw, hy
L02) ht Ct
L03) ht xt
// TODO hl, hr, hw, hy
.group i
i i