diff --git a/docs/phonemes.md b/docs/phonemes.md index 4bee301b..08a6f9ee 100644 --- a/docs/phonemes.md +++ b/docs/phonemes.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ - [Other Symbols](#other-symbols) - [Gemination](#gemination) - [Vowels](#vowels) + - [Positioning Diacritics](#positioning-diacritics) - [Features](#features) - [Air Flow](#air-flow) - [Initiator](#initiator) @@ -483,6 +484,23 @@ __NOTE:__ The `smh` vowels are more `cnt` than the other vowels. However, this distinction is not needed to classify these vowels, so is not included in the above table. +#### Positioning Diacritics + +The following IPA diacritics are only used by eSpeak NG to fill out positions +in the IPA consonant and vowel charts. As such those phonemes are transcribed +according to the features at that position, not using the features at the +location of the base phoneme with a feature for each of the positioning +diacritics. + +| Symbol | Name | +|--------|-----------------| +| ◌̟ | advanced | +| ◌̠ | retracted | +| ◌̈ | centralized | +| ◌̽ | mid-centralized | +| ◌̝ | raised | +| ◌̞ | lowered | + ## Features ### Air Flow @@ -698,23 +716,6 @@ Where fortis and lenis are used to contrast consonant durations (e.g. in the Jawoyn, Ojibwe, and Zurich German languages\[8\]), the [length](#length) suprasegmentals are used instead. -#### Articulation - -The following IPA diacritics are only used by eSpeak NG to fill out positions -in the IPA consonant and vowel charts. As such those phonemes are transcribed -according to the features at that position, not using the features at the -location of the base phoneme with a feature for each of the positioning -diacritics. - -| IPA | Name | -|-----|-----------------| -| ◌̟ | advanced | -| ◌̠ | retracted | -| ◌̈ | centralized | -| ◌̽ | mid-centralized | -| ◌̝ | raised | -| ◌̞ | lowered | - #### Co-articulation | Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |