diff --git a/docs/languages/gmw/en.md b/docs/languages/gmw/en.md index b80405ff..f4346ad8 100644 --- a/docs/languages/gmw/en.md +++ b/docs/languages/gmw/en.md @@ -13,10 +13,23 @@ The English language support uses a vowel system based on John Wells' Lexical Sets\[1\]. These were created by Wells in 1982 by comparing the Received Pronunciation British (RP) and General American -(GenAm) accents in use at that time. +(GenAm) accents in use at that time. The following accents are supported by +eSpeak NG and are referenced in this document: -The `en` transcriptions listed below are the phonemes used by eSpeak NG to -transcribe the different lexical sets. +| BCP47 | Abbreviation | Accent Name | +|----------------|--------------|------------------------| +| en | | British English | +| en-029 | | Caribbean | +| en-GB-scotland | ScE | Scottish English | +| en-GB-x-gbclan | | Lancastrian | +| en-GB-x-gbcwmd | | West Midlands | +| en-GB-x-rp | RP | Received Pronunciation | +| en-US | GenAm | General American | + +The BCP47 name is the standard language identifier for the accent, used as the +espeak language name. The Abbreviation is used in the lexical set tables below +for the IPA transcriptions of that accent, and the BCP47 names are used for the +eSpeak NG phoneme names. ## Short Vowels @@ -56,6 +69,14 @@ when considering the root form of the word containing that vowel. __NOTE:__ `/i@3/` is used for the NEAR lexical set to differentiate it from `/i@/` used in words like `million`. +Additionally, espeak-ng has the following phonemes for different accents: + +| Lexical Set | en | en-GB-scotland | RP | ScE | +|-------------|-------|----------------|-------|-------| +| NURSE | `3:` | `VR` | ɜː | ʌɾ | +| TERM | `3:` | `3:` | ɜː | ɛɾ | +| BIRD | `3:` | `IR` | ɜː | ɪɾ | + ## Reduced Vowels These are unstressed vowels that differ from the vowels in the main lexical sets. @@ -111,3 +132,7 @@ merged with the other. 1. Wikipedia. [Lexical set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_set). 2017. Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). + +2. Wikipedia. + [IPA chart for English dialects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart_for_English_dialects). + 2018. Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).