diff --git a/dictsource/dict_phonemes b/dictsource/dict_phonemes
index b605f7a3..a8c80cfc 100644
--- a/dictsource/dict_phonemes
+++ b/dictsource/dict_phonemes
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ aU@  E    e@   eI   I    I2   i:   i@
 i@3  IR   O    O:   o:   O@   o@   OI   
 oU   O~   U    u:   U@   V    VR   
 
-:    ;    b    C    d    D    dZ   f    
-g    h    j    k    l    m    n    N    
-p    Q    r    r-   s    S    t    T    
-t2   tS   v    w    x    z    Z    
+;    b    C    d    D    dZ   f    g    
+h    j    k    l    m    n    N    p    
+Q    r    r-   s    S    t    T    t2   
+tS   v    w    x    z    Z    
 
 
 Dictionary eo_dict
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ S    s2   t    v    Z
 
 Dictionary fr_dict
 
-@    @-   a    A    A~   e    E    E:   
-E~   i    i:   o    O    O~   u    W    
-w^i  W~   y    Y    
+@    @-   a    A    A~   e    E    E~   
+i    i:   o    O    O~   u    W    w^i  
+W~   y    Y    
 
 *    :    ;    b    c    d    D    dZ   
 f    g    h    j    k    l    L    m    
@@ -401,3 +401,14 @@ u#   W    y    Y
 j    k    l    m    n    p    Q    r    
 R    s    S    t    tS   v    w    z    
 Z    
+
+
+Dictionary ku_dict
+
+a    e    E    eI   i    I    o    u    
+U    y    
+
+:    b    d    dZ   f    g    h    j    
+k    l    m    n    p    q    r    R    
+s    S    t    tS   v    w    x    z    
+Z    
diff --git a/dictsource/en_list b/dictsource/en_list
index 1313a9e4..82175ec7 100644
--- a/dictsource/en_list
+++ b/dictsource/en_list
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ _&	amp@sand
 _'	praIm
 _(	ElbrakIt
 _)	A@brakIt
-_*	ast@rIsk:
+_*	ast@rIsk
 _+	plVs
 _,	k0m@
 _-	h,aIf@n
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ ague             eIgju:
 aha              a2hA:
 ahem             a2h'@m
 ahoy             a2hOI
-airbus           e@:bVs
+airbus           e@bVs
 airpower         'e@p,aU@
 aisle            aI@l
 ajar             a2dZA@
@@ -2218,7 +2218,6 @@ Emma		Em@
 Evan		Ev@n
 Gary		garI2
 Geraint		gEraInt
-Gilbert		gIlb3t
 Giles		gaIlz
 Glynn		glIn
 Graeme		greI@m
diff --git a/dictsource/en_rules b/dictsource/en_rules
index 80257624..f06a7fe7 100644
--- a/dictsource/en_rules
+++ b/dictsource/en_rules
@@ -2372,6 +2372,7 @@
             g (i         dZ
             gi (_        gI2
          _) g (il        g
+            g (ilC       g
          l) ging         dZI2N
             g (y         dZ
          _) g (n
diff --git a/dictsource/fr_list b/dictsource/fr_list
index 54ed2493..c1cf7641 100755
--- a/dictsource/fr_list
+++ b/dictsource/fr_list
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 // 2006-11-18  Gilles Casse  <gcasse@oralux.org>
 //
-// Updated 2008-02-11 Michel Such  <michel.such@free.fr>
+// Updated 2008-02-14 Michel Such  <michel.such@free.fr>
 //
 //	* Numbers, a few abbreviations and exceptions.
 //
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ adéquat       adekuat2
 adéquate      adekuat
 airbus	      Erbys
 anus     anys
-any     Eni
 ardent        aRdA~
 bissus    bisys
 bonus     bonys
@@ -433,20 +432,18 @@ choeur        k@r
 cocus     coky
 discident     disidA~
 estomac     Estoma
-eye	      aj
-eyes	      ajz
 fils	      fis
 imprudent     E~pRydA~
 iris	      iris
 juin	      ZyE~
 malus      malys
-many     mEni
 mars	      maRs
 minus      minys
 occident      OksidA~
 orient        ORjA~
 pays	      pEi
 phallus    falys
+polder    pOldEr
 prudent       pRydA~
 secret        sYkRE
 souris       suri
@@ -475,13 +472,13 @@ processus	pROsEsys
 août		ut
 azimut		azim'yt
 brut		bR'yt
+bouse		buz
 but		by $verb
 but		byt
 club		kl@b
 (le pub)		l@||p'@b
 (un pub)		W~||p'@b
 (du pub)		dy||p'@b
-connecticut	kOnEktikyt
 cut	cWt
 helmut		Elmut
 hub	_|@b
@@ -499,19 +496,15 @@ zut		zyt
 
 // et (t is said)
 
-bridget		bRidZEt
 exocet		EgzOsEt
 fret		fR'Et
-gadget		gadZEt
+budget		bydZE
 hamlet		amlEt
-jacket		ZakEt
 knesset		knEsEt
 lazaret		lazaREt
 margaret	maRgaREt
 net		nEt
 offset		OfsEt
-pickpocket	pikpOkEt
-racket		RakEt
 set		sEt
 soviet		sOvjEt
 
@@ -525,7 +518,6 @@ yogourt		yoguRt
 short		SORt
 
 // art (t said)
-stewart		stiwaRt
 steward		stiwaRt
 stuttgart	StutgaRt
 hart		aRt
@@ -539,95 +531,103 @@ flirt		fl@Rt
 
 
 // words from other languages
-about		@bawt
+about		_^_en
 acer             asEr
+again             _^_en
+against             _^_en
+alone           _^_en
+also            _^_en
+and             _^_en
 amazon		amaz'On
-(audible manager) od'ibl||manadZ'@r
-be		bi
-being		biiN
-by		baj
+any    Eni
+apple		_^_en
+at		_^_en
+(audible manager) odibl||manadZ@r
+be		_^_en
+being		_^_en
 bluetooth 		blut'us
-byte		bajt
-bytes		bajts
+both 		_^_en
+browser 		_^_en
+can		_^_en
+computer		_^_en
 (cyber link) 		sibEr||link
 debian		dEbjAn
-driver		drajv@rz2
-download	dOnlod
+does		_^_en
+doesn't		_^_en
+don't		_^_en
+driver		_^_en
 edit		edit
 emacs		Emaks
 emacspeak	Emakspi:k
+end             _^_en
+enter		'Ent@r
+epson		EpsOn
 espeak		@spi:k
 ethernet	etERnEt
 exit	egzit
-(file zilla)		fajl@-||zija
+eye	      _^_en
+eyes	      _^_en
+(file zilla)		fajl||zija
+fire	      _^_en
 firefox		faj@RfOks
-(fire wire)		faj@R||wajr
-firewire		faj@Rwajr
-google		gu:g'@l
-girl		g@Rl
+get		_^_en
+google		gu:g@l
 gnome		gnom
 gnu		gnu
 hamburger		_!A~b@rg@r
-has		_!az $u
-his		_!iz $u
-inside		insajd
-insight		insajt
+help		_^_en
+in		_^_en
+into		_^_en
+inside		_^_en
+insight		_^_en
 internet	E~tERnEt
 (internet explorer) E~tErn'Et||EksplOr'@r
-is		iz
-it		it
-its		its
+is		_^_en
+it		_^_en
+its		_^_en
 klaxon          klaksOn
-leader          li:d@R
-let 		lEt
+layer    		_^_en
+let 		_^_en
 liszt 		list
-lite 		lajt
+lite 		_^_en
+logon 		_^_en
 (mac os x)	makoEsiks
-mail	mE:jl
-maker     		mE:jk@r
+made	_^_en
+mail	_^_en
 media     		medja
-messenger 		mesEnZ'@r
-movy      		mu:v'i
-my		maj
-name		nejm
-not		nOt
+messenger 		_^_en
+my		_^_en
+name		_^_en
+not		_^_en
+of         _^_en
+often      _^_en
 ok         oke
 open            Op'@n
 outlook         autluk
-outside		autsajd
-outsider		autsajd@r
-player    		plEj'@r
-quick    		kwik
+outside		_^_en
+outsider		_^_en
+player    		_^_en
 redhat		REdat
-release	rili:z
-same		sejm
+same		_^_en
+sametime	_^_en
 schubert	SubER
-screamer		skri:m@r
-(search & destroy) s@:rS_||end_||dEsstrOj
-skype 		sk'ajp@-
-spybot		spajbOt
-sun		s@n
-sunlight	s@nlajt
+since 		_^_en
+sun		_^_en
 (text aloud) tEkst||@lawd
-than	Dan
-the	D@ $u
-them	DEm $u
-then	DEn $u
-there	DEr $u
-they	DE $u
-thunderbird	f@ndERb@Rd
-time	tajm
-timer	tajm@r
+their	_^_en
+there	_^_en
+these	_^_en
+those	_^_en
+they	_^_en
+thus	_^_en
+thunderbird	D'@ndYR||b@Rd
+time	_^_en
+timer	_^_en
 ubuntu		ubuntu
-update		@pd'E:jt
-upload	@plod
-very	vEri
-viavoice	viavOjs
-was		waz $u
-window		windo
-windows		windoz
-word		wWRd
-writer		rajt@r
+up		_^_en
+viking		vikiN
+was		_^_en
+won't		_^_en
 yacht		jot
 yes		jEs $brk
 
diff --git a/dictsource/fr_rules b/dictsource/fr_rules
index d38cf9ca..f3a58f1c 100755
--- a/dictsource/fr_rules
+++ b/dictsource/fr_rules
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // French translation rules
+
 // This file is UTF-8 encoded
 
 // 2006-11-18  Gilles Casse  <gcasse@oralux.org>
 //
-// Updated: 2008-02-11 Michel Such  <michel.such@free.fr>
+// Updated: 2008-02-14 Michel Such  <michel.such@free.fr>
 //
 //	* The rules are based on Cicero TTS.
-//
+//         Y
 
 // Letter classes:
 // A  all vowels:  a e i o u y â ä é ê è î ï ô ö ù û
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@
 		a (il_      a
 		aie (me     E		// paiement
 		ai          E		// aile
-		a (lk       O		// talk
-		a (ll_       O		// football handball
 		am (b       A~		// jambon
 		am (p       A~		// camp
 		am (m       a		// programmation
@@ -50,12 +49,32 @@
 		ay          Ej		// paye
 		a           a		// bateau
 
+// group a: English section
+	_C)	ad  (_        _^_en		// bad, had, sad
+		alk       _^_en		// talk, walk
+		all (_       _^_en		// football handball
+	f)	all (en_       _^_en		// fallen
+	sm)	all       _^_en		// small, smaller
+		ally (_       _^_en		// really, naturally
+		a (wC      _^_en
+
 
 .group b
 		bb          b		// abbé
 	om)	b (_                    // plomb applomb
 		b           b		// aube
 
+// group b: English section
+		bird       _^_en		// bird
+		bly (_      _^_en		// probably
+		board      _^_en              // board, keyboard
+		box (_      _^_en              // box, inbox, outbox
+		bug (_      _^_en              // bug, debug
+		bug (g      _^_en              // debugger
+		buil      _^_en              // build, built
+	_)	buy       _^_en
+	_)	by       _^_en              // by, bye, bypass
+
 
 .group c
 		c'          s		// s
@@ -98,6 +117,12 @@
 		cien (t_    i		// ils appr�ient, remercient.
 	i)	cien (t_    sjA~	// coefficient
 
+// group c: English section
+		cast (_      _^_en		// broadcast
+		calt (_      _^_en		// difficult
+		cut (_      _^_en		// cut, shortcut
+		cy (_      _^_en		// currency, frequency
+
 
 .group d
 		dd          d		// addition
@@ -108,8 +133,6 @@
 	Csan)	d (_        d
 	_tan)	d (_        d		// stand
 	Ctan)	d (_        d
-	for)	d (_        d
-	lor)	d (_        d
 
 	Can)	d (_        t2 		// grand ami, grand marchand
 	Cen)	d (_        t2
@@ -124,29 +147,25 @@
 	r)	d (_        		// lourd placard
 		d           d		// don bled
 
+// group d: English section
+	')	d (_      _^_en
+	lor)	d (_        _^_en
+		day (_        _^_en
+		dle (X        _^_en // bundle, handle
+		dly (_        _^_en
+		dy (_        _^_en
+
 
 .group e
 		e (Ce_      E
 		eau         o		// bateau cheveaux
-	C)	ea (d		i:      		// read
-	Cr)	ea (m		i:      		// stream
-	Cl)	ea (n		i:      		// clean
-	C)	ea (Cer		i:      		// reader, cleaner
+	g)	ea (s_ 	a      		// mangeas
 	j)	e (a        		// Jean Jeanne
-	sp)	ea (k  	i:      		// speak speaker
 	p)	ect (_      E		// suspect
 		ect (_      Ekt		// direct
 	_trépi)	ed          e
 	_pi)	ed          e		// pied
-		ee          i:		// meeting
 	_cl)	ef (_       e		// clef
-	Ck)	e (r_       @		// worker, talker
-	_Cett)	e (r_       @		// letter, better
-	eaC)	e (r_       @		// speaker, streamer
-	gh)	e (r_       @		// higher
-	ght)	e (r_       @		// fighter, lighter
-	ooC)	e (r_       @		// scooter
-	_ov)	e (r       @		// over
 		ein (C      E~		// peindre
 		ein (_      E~
 		e (il       E		// vieille
@@ -244,10 +263,6 @@
 	_trav)	er (_       ER
 	_ti)	er (_       ER
 
-	th)	er (_       @R      	// brother
-	th)	er (s_      @R
-	w)	er (_       @R      	// power
-	w)	er (s_      @R
 
 		er (_       e      	// parler léger
 		er (s_      e
@@ -283,6 +298,7 @@
 
 	@Cr)	es (_C      @-
 	rC)	es (_C      @-     	// fortes dames
+	dg)	et (_      Et     	// Bridget, gadget
 
 	')	eu (_       y		// eu
 		eu (r_      @		// peur
@@ -301,12 +317,6 @@
 	_)	eû          y		// eût
 		eû          Y		// jeûne
 
-		ew (_       ju		// new
-		ews        juz		// news, newsreader
-	r)	ew (_       u		// crew
-	r)	ews        uz
-	i)	ew (_       u		// view
-	i)	ews        uz
 		e (x        E		// exact
 		ey (_       e		// dahomey
 		ey (C       e		// ceylan
@@ -367,6 +377,33 @@
 
 	 	e           @		// menue
 
+// group e: English section
+	C)	ead		_^_en      		// read, head
+		eaf       _^_en		// leaf
+		eak           _^_en		// break, speak
+	Cr)	eam		_^_en      		// stream
+	Cl)	ean		_^_en      		// clean
+	l)	ean		_^_en      		// lean
+	m)	ean		_^_en      		// mean
+		ear		_^_en      		// ear, search
+		eas  	_^_en      		// please
+		eat  	_^_en      		// eat, seat
+		ed (_  	_^_en
+		ee          _^_en		// meeting
+		eave       _^_en		// leave
+		eft (_     _^_en		// left
+		eive       _^_en		// receive
+		eith       _^_en		// either neither
+	 	ely (_        _^_en		// lately
+	ooC)	er (_       _^_en		// scooter
+	_ov)	er        _^_en		// over
+	_C)	etter (_      _^_en     	// letter, better
+	ack)	et (_      _^_en     	// racket, packet
+	ock)	et (_      _^_en     	// rocket, pocket
+	 	ery (_        _^_en		// query
+	qu) 	est (_        _^_en		// request
+	qu) 	este (X_        _^_en		// requested, requester
+
 
 .group ë
 	u) 	ë			// ambiguë
@@ -379,6 +416,17 @@
 	_neu)	f (_ans     v		// liaison: neuf ans
 	_neu)	f (_heures  v
 
+// group f: English section
+		fail (_       _^_en  // fail
+		fail (A       _^_en  // failure
+		faith        _^_en  // failure
+		fly        _^_en
+		ford (_        _^_en
+		friend        _^_en		// friend, friendly
+		full (_  _^_en
+		fully (_  _^_en
+		fy (_     _^_en
+
 
 .group g
 		g           g
@@ -421,6 +469,13 @@
 		g (_        g		// grog gag goulag
 		g           Z		// congé george
 
+// group g: English section
+		gh          _^_en		// high, higher
+		girl        _^_en		// girl
+		gly (_         _^_en
+		give (X         _^_en
+		gy (_         _^_en
+
 
 .group h
 _)		h	(ac	_!		// hache
@@ -467,7 +522,6 @@ _)		h	(ic	_!		// hic
 _)		h	(ide	_!		// hideux
 _)		h	(iér	_!		// hiéroglyphe
 _)		h	(i-fi	_!		// hi-fi
-_)		h	(igh	_!		// highlandais
 _)		h	(i-han	_!		// hi-han
 _)		h	(iss	_!		// hisser
 _)		h	(it	_!		// hit, hit-parad
@@ -503,6 +557,11 @@ _)		h	(umi			// humide
 _)		h	(umo			// humour
 		h			// ahuri
 
+// group h: English section
+_)		half  	_^_en
+_)		h (As_	_^_en		// has, his
+		here (_	_^_en		// here
+
 
 .group i
 		i           i		// cri
@@ -511,9 +570,6 @@ _)		h	(umo			// humour
 		i (es_      i		// parties
 		i (e_       i
 		i (A        j		// fermier portier patio renier
-		ig (h        aj		// right, fight, light
-	wh)	ile         ajll		// while, endwhile
-	wr)	i (tA      aj		// write
 	_)	ill         ill		// illégal
 	_m)	ill         il		// mille
 	v)	ill         il		// village
@@ -527,18 +583,26 @@ _)		h	(umo			// humour
 		imm         imm		// immaculé
 		im (_       im		// karim
 		im (C       E~		// timbre
-		ing (_      iN		// parking
 		in (h       in		// inhumain
 		inct (_     E~		// distinct
-		ind (_     ajnd		// find, mind
-		ind (ing_     ajnd		// find, mind
-		ink      ink		// link, pink
 		in (n       i		// innombrable
 		in (C       E~		// vingt
-		    //		in (_       E~		// vin
 		in (_       W~		// vin
                 ique (_	    ik
 
+// group i: English section
+		ike (X        _^_en		// bike, like
+		ill (_        _^_en		// ill, will, fill
+	C)	illy (_        _^_en		// silly
+		ing (_      _^_en		// parking
+		ind (_     _^_en		// find, mind
+		ind (er_     _^_en		// finder, reminder
+		ink      _^_en		// link, pink
+		ious (_       _^_en		// various
+		iously (_       _^_en		// previously
+		ism (_       _^_en		// tourism
+		ize          _^_en		// realize
+
 
 .group î
 		î           i		// abîme
@@ -560,10 +624,12 @@ _)		h	(umo			// humour
 
 .group k
 		k           k		// kafka
-		ket (_      kEt		// basket
-		kets (_     kEt		// basket
 
 
+// group k: English section
+		ke (X     _^_en		// basket, make, take
+		ky (_     _^_en
+
 .group l
 		l           l		// lit
 		ll          l		// aller
@@ -572,11 +638,22 @@ _)		h	(umo			// humour
 	outi)	l (_ 			// outil
 	ui)	ll          j		// juillet
 
+// group l: English section
+	')	ld (_      _^_en
+	')	ll (_      _^_en
+		less (_      _^_en  // noiseless
+		lessly (_      _^_en  // endlessly
+
 
 .group m
 		m           m		// film
 		mm          m		// pomme
 
+// group m: English section
+		mail (A       _^_en  // mailer
+		may        _^_en
+		mov (A         _^_en		// move, movy
+
 
 .group n
 		n           n		// une
@@ -588,6 +665,10 @@ _)		h	(umo			// humour
 	A) 	ng (_       N		// parking meeting
 		nn          n		// panne
 
+// group n: English section
+		n't (_       _^_en
+		ny (_       _^_en
+
 
 .group o
 	cr) 	oc (_       o		// escroc
@@ -635,11 +716,8 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 	r) 	o (ne_      o
 
 	alc)	oo (l       O		// alcool
-		oo  (Ce     u		// boomer
-	C)	oot        ut		// bootable football
 	z) 	oo          o		// zoo
-	z)	oo (l       oo		// zoologue
-	z)	oo (ph       oo		// zoophile
+	z)	oo (C       oo		// zoologue
 	z)	oo (m       u		// zoom
 		oo (X       u		// pool
 	_gal)	op (_       o		// galop
@@ -650,7 +728,6 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 	v) 	ost (_      o		// Prévost
 		o (sA       o		// poser
 		ot (_       o		// mot dépots
-	C) 	ou (nd      aw		// sound, found
 	_C) 	oup (_      u		// coup, loup
 	uC) 	oup (_      up2		// beaucoup
 
@@ -660,8 +737,6 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 		oû          u		// coûter
 		oyes (_     wa		// troyes
 		oy (A       waj		// noyer voyelles
-		oy (_       Oj		// boy, toy
-		oys (_       Ojz		// boys, toys
 		oy          wa		// roy
 		o (_        o		// zorro allégro
 		o (z_       o		// berlioz
@@ -672,6 +747,20 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 
 		o           O		// sobre notions émotions
 
+// group o: English section
+	C) 	oad (_       _^_en		// load, road
+	C) 	oad (eX       _^_en		// loaded
+	C) 	oat        _^_en		// boat
+		old (er_       _^_en		// folder, older
+		oo  (Ce     _^_en		// boomer
+	C)	oot        _^_en		// bootable football
+	C) 	ou (ld_      _^_en		// could, should
+	 	oun (C      _^_en		// bounce, found
+	_C) 	ouse       _^_en		// mouse, house
+	C) 	outh       _^_en		// mouth, south
+		ow          _^_en		// cow, town, down
+		oy (X       _^_en		// boy, toy
+
 
 .group ô
 		ôt (_       o		// rôt
@@ -700,6 +789,16 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 	se)	pt (_      t      	// sept
 	se)	pt (iè     t      	// septième
 
+// group p: English section
+		plug 	_^_en		// plug
+		ply (_        _^_en		// simply
+		print (_        _^_en		// print
+		printer (_        _^_en		// printer
+	_)	prove (X       _^_en		// prove
+	_AC)	prove (X       _^_en		// improve
+	_AC)	provem       _^_en		// improvement
+		py (_        _^_en		// copy
+
 
 .group q
 		q           k		// coq
@@ -715,15 +814,21 @@ p)		oing (_      wE~		// poing
 	_)	qu' (P3     k		// qu'il
 	n)	q (_        k		// cinq cent
 
+// group q: English section
+		quick        _^_en		// quick, quickly
+
 
 .group r
-		right       rajt	// copyright
 	_su)	rr          RR		// surréaliste
 cou)	rr          RR		// courrai
 mou)	rr          RR		// mourrai
 		rr          R		// erreur
 		r           r		// rien
 
+// group r: English section
+	_)	rule (X        _^_en		// rule
+		ry (_        _^_en		// theory
+
 
 .group s
 		s           s		// verser sien
@@ -740,6 +845,7 @@ e)		s (_h      z2
 		sch         S		// schéma
 	dé) 	sh (A       z		// déshabiller
 		sh          S		// shérif
+	CA)	sh (_         _^_en		// punish
 		ss          s		// assez
 
 	ai) 	s (em       s		// vraisemblable
@@ -767,6 +873,7 @@ e)		s (_h      z2
 	ïu) 	s (_        s      // laïus
 	Culu) 	s (_        s   // cumulus
 	plu) 	s (_        z2     // plus, surplus
+	ylu) 	s (_        s     // stylus
 	mu) 	s (_        s
 	_mu) 	s (_
 	ému) 	s (_
@@ -795,11 +902,27 @@ e)		s (_h      z2
 		s (j         z
 		s (v         z
 
+// group s: English section
+	')	s (_         _^_en		// possessive
+		ship          _^_en		// friendship
+		shop          _^_en		// shop
+		sh  (At          _^_en		// shut, shot
+		shout          _^_en
+		sky         _^_en
+	_)	smil        _^_en   // smile, smiley
+		spy         _^_en
+	A)	ss (_       _^_en		// boss, cross
+	C) 	s (ton        _^_en		// winston
+	 	stone (_        _^_en
+		sy (_      _^_en
+
 
 .group t
 		t           t	// bataille
 V)		t (_        t2  // silent at end of verb unless next word starts with a vowel
 		t (_            // silent at end of word
+	_)	th (onX      t      // thon
+	_)	th (ymX      t      // shym
 		ts (_S1     z2  // silent at end of word unless next word starts with a vowel
 	C)	t (_        t	// compost watt soft script malttact abrupt
 	Vn)	t (_        t2	// silent at end of verb unless next word starts with a vowel
@@ -813,7 +936,6 @@ C)		te (_      t@-  		// patte
 
 	s) 	th (m 		// asthme
 		th          t	// théorie
-	sCar)	t (_        t	// smart, start
 	hui)	t (_        t	// huit
 
 	_)	t           t   // tien tiers
@@ -856,12 +978,20 @@ C)		te (_      t@-  		// patte
 
 	_ce) 	t (_        t
 
+// group t: English section
+	_)	th (AX      _^_en      // that, this, then, than
+	C)	th (_      _^_en      // month
+		try (_     _^_en  // try, country
+	sCar)	t (_        _^_en	// smart, start
+	sCar)	t (er_        _^_en	// starter
+		ty (_     _^_en  // party, buty
+
 
 .group u
 		u           y	// cruel nuage brut
 		ui          w^i
 
-	_b)	usi       iz  // business, businessman
+	_b)	usi       _^_en  // business, businessman
 	c)	ueill       Wj  // cueillir
 	c) 	ueil (_     Wj  // recueil
 	_c) 	ul (_     y
@@ -874,25 +1004,55 @@ C)		te (_      t@-  		// patte
 		um (b       W~	// humble
 		um (p       W~
 		un (C       W~	// emprunt lundi
-	C)	un (_       W~	// brun
+	CC)	un (_       W~	// brun
 	uc)	un (_       W~n2	// aucun
 		un (_      W~n2	// un avion
+	_f)	un       @n	// fun
+	_g)	un       @n	// gun
+	_r)	un       @n	// run
+	_s)	un       @n	// sun, sunday
 
 	fl) 	ux (_		y		// flux, reflux
 	g) 	u (A		// fatigue
 	g) 	u (ï	    y	// ambiguïté
 	g) 	u (ë        y	// ambiguë
 
+// group u: English section
+	C)	u  (ch_        _^_en  // much such
+	C)	ui  (ce        _^_en  // produice, juice
+		up  (C        _^_en  // upper, update
+		under          _^_en  // under, understand, thunder
+	C)	ur  (ch        _^_en  // church
+		urn (X        _^_en  // burn, turn
+		ust (_        _^_en  // just, trust
+	rib)	u  (teX        _^_en  // tribute, attribute
+
 
 .group v
 		v           v
 
+// goup v: English section
+	')	ve (_      _^_en
+		voice  (_       _^_en
+		void  (_       _^_en
+		vy  (_       _^_en
+
 
 .group w
 		w           w
-		wa (Ce_ 	    wE // hardware software wave
 		w (agon 	    v // wagon
-		w (r 	      // write
+
+// group w: English section
+	A)	w           _^_en
+		wa (Ce_ 	    _^_en // hardware software wave
+		wr 	  _^_en    // write
+		w (ACh 	  _^_en    // wash, wish, with
+		way 	  _^_en    // way, away
+		wh 	  _^_en    // what, which, who
+	_)	wi 	  _^_en    // winner, window, wire
+		wise 	  _^_en
+	_)	wom 	  _^_en    // woman
+		wor 	  _^_en    // word, world
 
 
 .group x
diff --git a/dictsource/zh_rules b/dictsource/zh_rules
index 39cbdb06..b16a4c7a 100644
--- a/dictsource/zh_rules
+++ b/dictsource/zh_rules
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ language).
     t) u (DnK   wu@
        uo	uo
 
-   sh) ui	wei
+   sh) ui	rei
    sh) u (DnK	wo-
    sh) uo	wo
 
diff --git a/docs/mbrola.html b/docs/mbrola.html
index a7b323ed..10e5c058 100644
--- a/docs/mbrola.html
+++ b/docs/mbrola.html
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ will put the Mbrola speech output into a WAV file.  Or you can pipe the output f
 <p>
 The -e option prevents Mbrola from stopping if it finds a combination
 of phonemes which it doesn't recognise.
+<p>
+Some mbrola voices (de5, de6) use a sample rate of 22050 Hz. These need -r22050 rather than -r16000.
 </ol>
 <h3>Mbrola Voice Files</h3>
 
diff --git a/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5-en b/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5-en
index 91120087..e416c6dc 100755
--- a/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5-en
+++ b/espeak-data/voices/mb/mb-de5-en
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ language en
 gender female
 
 pitch 140 220
-mbrola de5 de5_phtrans 22050
+mbrola de5 de6_phtrans 22050
 
diff --git a/phsource/compile_report b/phsource/compile_report
index 85c797e3..13c1f02b 100644
--- a/phsource/compile_report
+++ b/phsource/compile_report
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-48 phoneme tables
+49 phoneme tables
           new total
     base  99   99
    base2  24  118
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       ru  38  129
       it  17  121
       la  21  117
-      es   8  119
+      es   9  119
    es_la   1  119
       pt  27  134
    pt_pt  20  134
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
       th  50  142
       id  14  120
       tr  14  123
+      ku  12  120
       ja   7  104
 
 Data file      Used by
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ ufric/x2        [x2] af
                 [x2] nl
                 [x2] pt
 ufric/x_hr      [x] hr
+                [x] ku
 ufric/x_sr      [h] sr
                 [x] sr
 ustop/c         [c] base
@@ -678,7 +680,6 @@ ustop/kr        [k] base
                 [k] zhy
                 [k] sw
 ustop/k_unasp   [k] base
-                [q] base
                 [k] base2
                 [k] fi
                 [k] hi
@@ -738,6 +739,7 @@ ustop/p_unasp_  [p] base2
                 [p] sk
                 [p] la
                 [p;] ro
+ustop/q         [q] base
 ustop/t         [t] base
                 [t2] en
                 [t] fr
@@ -940,6 +942,7 @@ vdiph/eei_2     [eI] eo
                 [eI] id
 vdiph/eei_3     [eI] en_rp
                 [eI] sk
+                [eI] ku
 vdiph/eeu       [EU] pt
                 [EU] grc
                 [EU] vi
@@ -1169,6 +1172,7 @@ vowel/&         [a] en_rp
                 [&] fi
                 [&:] hi
                 [&] sv
+                [E] ku
 vowel/0         [0] en
                 [O] hi
                 [O] pt
@@ -1275,6 +1279,7 @@ vowel/aa        [a] fi
                 [aa] zhy
 vowel/aa#       [0] en_wi
                 [a2] fi
+                [a] ku
 vowel/aa_2      [A:] en
                 [A@] en
                 [A:] cy
@@ -1383,6 +1388,7 @@ vowel/e_mid2    [E] af
                 [e] fi
                 [E] nl
                 [e] sk
+                [e] es
                 [e] ro
                 [e] el
                 [e] sw
@@ -1442,6 +1448,7 @@ vowel/i_6       [i:] en_us
                 [i] hr
                 [i] id
                 [i] tr
+                [i] ku
 vowel/i#_6      [i.] zh
 vowel/i#_7      [i[] zh
 vowel/i_en      [i:] en
@@ -1460,9 +1467,11 @@ vowel/ii        [I] en_rp
                 [I] nl
                 [I] is
                 [i] zhy
+                [e] ku
 vowel/ii#       [Y] cy
                 [y] pl
                 [Y] ru
+                [I] ku
 vowel/ii_2      [i] zh
 vowel/ii_3      [I] cy
                 [I] fi
@@ -1526,6 +1535,7 @@ vowel/o_4       [oU] en_n
 vowel/o-_4      [o] ro
 vowel/o_5       [O] nl
 vowel/o_6       [O:] nl
+vowel/o_7       [o] ku
 vowel/oe        [W] en
                 [W] af
                 [W] de
@@ -1623,6 +1633,7 @@ vowel/u#_4      [U] en_sc
 vowel/u_5       [u] sw
 vowel/u_6       [U] pt_pt
                 [u] pt_pt
+                [u] ku
 vowel/u#_6      [u:] en_us
 vowel/u_7       [u] vi
 vowel/u#_7      [u#] tr
@@ -1649,6 +1660,7 @@ vowel/u_bck2    [u:] la
 vowel/u_fnt     [u:] en_rp
 vowel/uu        [U] en
                 [U] en_wm
+vowel/uu#       [U] ku
 vowel/uu_2      [U] base2
                 [U] de
                 [U] ta
@@ -1706,6 +1718,7 @@ vowel/y#_3      [W] is
 vowel/y_4       [y:] no
 vowel/y_5       [y:] sv
                 [y] tr
+                [y] ku
 vowel/yy        [y"] fr_ca
                 [y] no
 vowel/yy_3      [y] sv
diff --git a/phsource/ph_spanish b/phsource/ph_spanish
index d435687f..2fb2251e 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_spanish
+++ b/phsource/ph_spanish
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 //  Spanish  - based on Base2
 //====================================================
 
+phoneme e
+  vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
+  length 170
+  formants vowel/e_mid2
+endphoneme
+
 phoneme E
   vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
   length 180
diff --git a/phsource/ph_spanish_la b/phsource/ph_spanish_la
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bf32ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phsource/ph_spanish_la
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+//====================================================
+//  Latin American Spanish  - based on Spanish
+//====================================================
+
+
diff --git a/phsource/phonemes b/phsource/phonemes
index c06a3d43..086487b3 100644
--- a/phsource/phonemes
+++ b/phsource/phonemes
@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@ phoneme q
   vowelin f1=1  f2=1700 0 200  f3=-300 80 f4 paus rms=35
   vowelout f1=1 f2=1700 0 200  f3=-300 80 f4 rms=30
   lengthmod 2
-  wave ustop/k_unasp%60
-  before _ ustop/k_unasp%50
+  wave ustop/q%50
+  before _ ustop/q%40
 endphoneme
 
 
@@ -1282,5 +1282,8 @@ include ph_indonesian
 phonemetable tr base2
 include ph_turkish
 
+phonemetable ku base2
+include ph_kurdish
+
 phonemetable ja base
 include ph_japanese
diff --git a/phsource/r3/@tap b/phsource/r3/@tap
index 8c844f59..fec2aeea 100644
Binary files a/phsource/r3/@tap and b/phsource/r3/@tap differ
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/& b/phsource/vowel/&
index 9cd2844a..46166ea8 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vowel/& and b/phsource/vowel/& differ
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/ii# b/phsource/vowel/ii#
index ce675016..f3ec882b 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vowel/ii# and b/phsource/vowel/ii# differ
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/u_6 b/phsource/vowel/u_6
index b763f969..bdce153b 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vowel/u_6 and b/phsource/vowel/u_6 differ
diff --git a/phsource/vowel/uu# b/phsource/vowel/uu#
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..287eb2d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/phsource/vowel/uu# differ
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 09e2f963..6918c7ad 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# removed -fno-exceptions  because it caused problems with stdio library on some platforms
+
 PREFIX=/
 BINDIR=$(PREFIX)/usr/bin
 INCDIR=$(PREFIX)/usr/include/espeak
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ all: $(BIN_NAME) $(LIB_NAME) $(STATIC_LIB_NAME) $(BIN2_NAME)
 	mv $(LIB_NAME) $(LIB_NAME).$(LIBTAG)
 
 .cpp.o:
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -D PATH_ESPEAK_DATA=\"$(DATADIR)\" -Wall -pedantic -I. -c -fno-exceptions $<
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -D PATH_ESPEAK_DATA=\"$(DATADIR)\" -Wall -pedantic -I. -c  $<
 
 $(BIN_NAME): $(OBJS1)
 	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJS1) $(LIBS1)
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ $(BIN2_NAME): $(OBJS3) $(LIB_NAME)
 
 x_%.o: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -Wall -fpic -pedantic \
-	-I. -D LIBRARY -c -fno-exceptions $<  -o x_$*.o
+	-I. -D LIBRARY -c  $<  -o x_$*.o
 
 $(LIB_NAME): $(OBJS2)
 	$(CXX) -shared $(SONAME_OPT)$(LIB_NAME).$(LIB_VERSION) -o $@ $(OBJS2) $(LIBS2)
diff --git a/src/numbers.cpp b/src/numbers.cpp
index f4114d44..f64f2f7a 100644
--- a/src/numbers.cpp
+++ b/src/numbers.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ int Translator::LookupNum3(int value, char *ph_out, int suppress_null, int thous
 	char ph_digits[50];
 	char ph_thousands[50];
 	char ph_hundred_and[12];
+	char ph_thousand_and[12];
 	
 	hundreds = value / 100;
 	buf1[0] = 0;
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ int Translator::LookupNum3(int value, char *ph_out, int suppress_null, int thous
 	if(hundreds > 0)
 	{
 		ph_thousands[0] = 0;
+		ph_thousand_and[0] = 0;
 
 		Lookup("_0C",ph_100);
 
@@ -486,6 +488,11 @@ int Translator::LookupNum3(int value, char *ph_out, int suppress_null, int thous
 		ph_digits[0] = 0;
 		if(hundreds > 0)
 		{
+			if((langopts.numbers & 0x100000) && (prev_thousands || (ph_thousands[0] != 0)))
+			{
+				Lookup("_0and",ph_thousand_and);
+			}
+
 			suppress_null = 1;
 
 			found = 0;
@@ -513,7 +520,7 @@ int Translator::LookupNum3(int value, char *ph_out, int suppress_null, int thous
 			}
 		}
 
-		sprintf(buf1,"%s%s%s",ph_thousands,ph_digits,ph_100);
+		sprintf(buf1,"%s%s%s%s",ph_thousands,ph_thousand_and,ph_digits,ph_100);
 	}
 
 	ph_hundred_and[0] = 0;
diff --git a/src/phoneme.h b/src/phoneme.h
index c2662cce..13623b74 100755
--- a/src/phoneme.h
+++ b/src/phoneme.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ typedef struct {
 // Several phoneme tables may be loaded into memory. phoneme_tab points to
 // one for the current voice
 extern int n_phoneme_tab;
+extern int current_phoneme_table;
 extern PHONEME_TAB *phoneme_tab[N_PHONEME_TAB];
 extern unsigned char phoneme_tab_flags[N_PHONEME_TAB];  // bit 0: not inherited
 
diff --git a/src/speak.cpp b/src/speak.cpp
index e77fb790..175f2e50 100755
--- a/src/speak.cpp
+++ b/src/speak.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static const char *help_text =
 "-q\t   Quiet, don't produce any speech (may be useful with -x)\n"
 "-x\t   Write phoneme mnemonics to stdout\n"
 "-X\t   Write phonemes mnemonics and translation trace to stdout\n"
+"-z\t   No final sentence pause at the end of the text\n"
 "--stdout   Write speech output to stdout\n"
 "--compile=<voice name>\n"
 "\t   Compile the pronunciation rules and dictionary in the current\n"
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	option_phonemes = 0;
 	option_waveout = 0;
 	option_wordgap = 0;
+	option_endpause = 1;
 	option_multibyte = espeakCHARS_AUTO;  // auto
 	f_trans = stdout;
 
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #else
 	while(true)
 	{
-		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "a:bf:g:hk:l:p:qs:v:w:xXm",
+		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "a:bf:g:hk:l:p:qs:v:w:xXmz",
 					long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* Detect the end of the options. */
@@ -635,6 +637,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 			strncpy0(wavefile,optarg2,sizeof(wavefile));
 			break;
 
+		case 'z':
+			option_endpause = 0;
+			break;
+
 		case 0x100:		// --stdin
 			flag_stdin = 1;
 			break;
diff --git a/src/synthdata.cpp b/src/synthdata.cpp
index 6ccb523d..fbddb27e 100755
--- a/src/synthdata.cpp
+++ b/src/synthdata.cpp
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@
 #include "translate.h"
 #include "wave.h"
 
-const char *version_string = "1.31.10  12.Feb.08";
+const char *version_string = "1.31.12  16.Feb.08";
 const int version_phdata  = 0x013105;
 
 int option_device_number = -1;
 
 // copy the current phoneme table into here
 int n_phoneme_tab;
+int current_phoneme_table;
 PHONEME_TAB *phoneme_tab[N_PHONEME_TAB];
 unsigned char phoneme_tab_flags[N_PHONEME_TAB];   // bit 0: not inherited
 
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ void SelectPhonemeTable(int number)
 	n_phoneme_tab = 0;
 	SetUpPhonemeTable(number,0);  // recursively for included phoneme tables
 	n_phoneme_tab++;
+	current_phoneme_table = number;
 }  //  end of SelectPhonemeTable
 
 
diff --git a/src/synthesize.cpp b/src/synthesize.cpp
index f5d94ee6..35d529e0 100755
--- a/src/synthesize.cpp
+++ b/src/synthesize.cpp
@@ -1544,6 +1544,11 @@ int SpeakNextClause(FILE *f_in, const void *text_in, int control)
 		return(0);
 	}
 
+	if(current_phoneme_table != voice->phoneme_tab_ix)
+	{
+		SelectPhonemeTable(voice->phoneme_tab_ix);
+	}
+
 	// read the next clause from the input text file, translate it, and generate
 	// entries in the wavegen command queue
 	p_text = translator->TranslateClause(f_text,p_text,&clause_tone,&voice_change);
diff --git a/src/tr_languages.cpp b/src/tr_languages.cpp
index 954e6474..18dd761e 100644
--- a/src/tr_languages.cpp
+++ b/src/tr_languages.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,22 @@ SetLengthMods(tr,3);  // all equal
 		}
 		break;
 
+	case L('k','u'):   // Kurdish
+		{
+			static const unsigned char stress_amps_ku[8] = {16,16, 20,20, 20,24, 24,22 };
+			static const short stress_lengths_ku[8] = {170,170, 190,170, 0,0, 230,240};
+
+			tr = new Translator();
+			SetupTranslator(tr,stress_lengths_ku,stress_amps_ku);
+			tr->charset_a0 = charsets[9];   // ISO-8859-9 - Latin5
+
+			tr->langopts.stress_rule = 7;   // stress on the last syllable, before any explicitly unstressed syllable
+
+			tr->langopts.numbers = 0x100c69;
+			tr->langopts.max_initial_consonants = 2;
+		}
+		break;
+
 	case L('l','a'):  //Latin
 		{
 			tr = new Translator();
diff --git a/src/translate.h b/src/translate.h
index 2389bc2f..4968a951 100755
--- a/src/translate.h
+++ b/src/translate.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	// bit3=  , decimal separator, not .
 	// bit4=use three-and-twenty rather than twenty-three
 	// bit5='and' between tens and units
-	// bit6=add "and" after hundred and thousand
+	// bit6=add "and" after hundred or thousand
 	// bit7=don't have "and" both after hundreds and also between tens and units
    // bit8=only one primary stress in tens+units
 	// bit9=only one vowel betwen tens and units
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	// bit17=recognize roman numbers
 	// bit18=Roman numbers only if upper case
 	// bit19=don't add pause after a number
+	// bit20='and' before hundreds
 	int numbers;
 
 	// bits 1-4  use variant form of numbers before thousands,millions,etc.