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languages and voices on how to specify phonemes so that the IPA and feature
transcriptions are consistent.
__NOTE:__ This model is in the process of being implemented. As such, the
current implementation does not reflect this document.
## Consonants
| | `blb` | | `lbd` | | `dnt` | | `alv` | | `pla` | | `rfx` | | `alp` | | `pal` | | `vel` | | `uvl` | | `phr` | | `glt` | |
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the pronunciation rules in a language's \*\_rules and \*\_list files),
and ends with the keyword `endphoneme`.
The phoneme mnemonics are based on the scheme by
[Evan Kirshenbaum](http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf)
which represents International Phonetic Alphabet symbols using ascii
characters.
For example:
phoneme aI
vowel
vwl
starttype #a endtype #i
length 230
FMT(vowels/ai)
endphoneme
phoneme s
vls alv frc sibilant
vls alv sib frc
voicingswitch z
lengthmod 3
Vowelin f1=0 f2=1700 -300 300 f3=-100 80
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## Phoneme Properties
Within the phoneme definition the following lines may occur: (`(V)` indicates
The phoneme features are described in the [Phonemes](phonemes.md) document. These
should be included within the `phoneme` to fully describe that phoneme.
Within the phoneme definition the following lines may also occur: (`(V)` indicates
only for vowels, `(C)` only for consonants).
### Type
One of these must be present.
One of these or a manner of articulation from the [Phonemes](phonemes.md) document
must be present.
| Type | Description |
|-----------|-------------|
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| `liquid` | semi-vowels, such as: `r`, `l`, `j`, `w` |
| `nasal` | nasal e.g.: `m`, `n`, `N` |
| `stop` | stop (plosive) e.g.: `p`, `b`, `t`, `d`, `k`, `g` |
| `frc` | fricative e.g.: `f`, `v`, `T`, `D`, `s`, `z`, `S`, `Z`, `C`, `x` |
| `afr` | affricate e.g.: `tS`, `dZ` |
| `pause` | |
| `stress` | Used for stress symbols, eg: `'` `,` `=` `%` |
| `virtual` | Used to represent a class of phonemes. |
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| Property | Type | Description |
|--------------|------|-------------|
| `vls` | (C) | voiceless e.g. `p`, `t`, `k`, `f`, `s` |
| `vcd` | (C) | voiced e.g. `b`, `d`, `g`, `v`, `z` |
| `sibilant` | (C) | e.g.: `s`, `z`, `S`, `Z`, `tS`, `dZ` |
| `palatal` | (C) | A palatal or palatalized consonant. |
| `rhotic` | (C) | An `r` type consonant. |
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| `nopause` | | Used in a `liquid` or `nasal` phoneme to prevent eSpeak NG inserting a short pause if a word starts with this phoneme and the previous word ends with a vowel. |
| `trill` | (C) | Apply trill to the voicing. |
### Place of Articulation
| Articulation | Type | Description |
|--------------|------|-----------------|
| `blb` | (C) | bilabial |
| `ldb` | (C) | labio-dental |
| `dnt` | (C) | dental |
| `alv` | (C) | alveolar |
| `rfx` | (C) | retroflex |
| `pla` | (C) | palato-alveolar |
| `pal` | (C) | palatal |
| `vel` | (C) | velar |
| `lbv` | (C) | labio-velar |
| `uvl` | (C) | uvular |
| `phr` | (C) | pharyngeal |
| `glt` | (C) | glottal |
### starttype
starttype <phoneme>