From 5d32331cddb492855c2ed2370717d451746b9e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 09:02:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/phonemes.md: add air flow features. --- docs/phonemes.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/phonemes.md b/docs/phonemes.md index 5d54ca91..22e5e873 100644 --- a/docs/phonemes.md +++ b/docs/phonemes.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ - [Other Symbols](#other-symbols) - [Vowels](#vowels) - [Features](#features) + - [Air Flow](#air-flow) - [Consonants](#consonants) - [Voicing](#voicing) - [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation) @@ -417,6 +418,18 @@ above table. ## Features +### Air Flow + +| Feature | Symbol | Name | Description | +|---------|--------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------| +| `egs` | ↑ | egressive | The air flow is moving outwards from the initiator. | +| `igs` | ↓ | ingressive | The air flow is moving inwards towards the initiator. | + +Each base IPA phoneme specifies an air flow type. The ↑ and ↓ symbols are from +the extended IPA\[7\]. They only need to be used +when the air flow is different to the base IPA phoneme (e.g. using ↓ on +pulmonic consonants). + ### Consonants #### Voicing