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+# Phoneme Features
+
+- [Phoneme Type](#phoneme-type)
+- [Consonants](#consonants)
+ - [Voicing](#voicing)
+ - [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation)
+ - [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation)
+- [Vowels](#vowels)
+ - [Height](#height)
+ - [Backness](#backness)
+ - [Rounding](#rounding)
+- [Additional Features](#additional-features)
+- [References](#references)
+
+----------
+
+Evan Kirshenbaum created an ASCII transcription of the International Phonetic
+Alphabet \[1\]. As well as using ASCII
+characters for specific IPA phonemes, this transcription provides a set of
+3-letter feature abbreviations allowing a phoneme to be described as a sequence
+of features.
+
+This document describes the features used by Kirshenbaum.
+
+## Phoneme Type
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `vwl` | vowel |
+
+## Consonants
+
+### Voicing
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `vcd` | voiced |
+| `vls` | voiceless |
+
+### Place of Articulation
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `blb` | bilabial |
+| `lbd` | labio-dental |
+| `dnt` | dental |
+| `alv` | alveolar |
+| `rfx` | retroflex |
+| `pla` | palato-alveolar |
+| `pal` | palatal |
+| `vel` | velar |
+| `lbv` | labio-velar |
+| `uvl` | uvular |
+| `phr` | pharyngeal |
+| `glt` | glottal |
+
+### Manner of Articulation
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `stp` | stop |
+| `frc` | fricative |
+| `nas` | nasal |
+| `orl` | oral |
+| `apr` | approximant |
+| `lat` | lateral |
+| `ctl` | central |
+| `trl` | trill |
+| `flp` | tap/flap |
+| `clk` | click |
+| `ejc` | ejective |
+| `imp` | implosive |
+
+## Vowels
+
+### Height
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `hgh` | high |
+| `smh` | semi-high |
+| `umd` | upper-mid |
+| `mid` | mid |
+| `lmd` | lower-mid |
+| `low` | low |
+
+### Backness
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `fnt` | front |
+| `cnt` | center |
+| `bck` | back |
+
+### Rounding
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `unr` | unrounded |
+| `rnd` | rounded |
+
+## Additional Features
+
+| Feature | Name |
+|---------|-----------------|
+| `asp` | aspirated |
+| `unx` | unexploded |
+| `syl` | syllabic |
+| `mrm` | murmured |
+| `lng` | long |
+| `vzd` | velarized |
+| `lzd` | labialized |
+| `pzd` | palatalized |
+| `rzd` | rhoticized |
+| `nzd` | nasalized |
+| `fzd` | pharyngealized |
+
+## References
+
+1. Kirshenbaum, Evan,
+ [http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf](Representing IPA phonetics in ASCII). 2001.