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//*******************************************************************
// TONES
//*******************************************************************
//*******************************************************************
// REFERENCE MATERIALS
//*******************************************************************
// Collaborative Documentation and Revitalization of Cherokee Tone
// https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/24630/herrick.pdf
// Tones fall within a range of 80–140 H (pg 21, footnote)
// the mid tone (2) starts at 104 Hz (P1) and falls approximately 2 Hz at of the next four points ending at 96 Hz at P5.
//
// Building Tone Resources for Second Language Learners from Phonetic Documentation
// https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/24737/hirata-edds_herrick.pdf
//
// Pitch contours taken from Praat chart, pg 295
//
// (¹) low fall: 106, 102, 97, 92, 88
// (²) low/mid: 104, 100, 98, 97, 96
// (³) high: 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
// (⁴) super high: 109, 113, 118, 122, 127
// (²³) rising: 97, 98, 101, 104, 109
// (³²) falling: 122, 120, 115, 106, 97
// A REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF OKLAHOMA CHEROKEE (2008)
// Short vowels preceding /h/ are devoiced, pg 45 (how to do this espeak-ng?)
// Word final vowels are nasalized
// Vowels are nasalized after a nasal consonant
// Vowels are either long or short; a long vowel takes
// approximately twice as long to pronounce as its
// short counterpart., pg 46
//int pitch1 = 0;
//int pitch2 = 0;
//int pitch_env = 0;
//int amp_env = 0;
//IF (pitch1 >= pitch2) the pitch values get swapped (???)
phoneme 1 // low fall (¹)
stress
ipa ˨˩
//Tone(106, 88, envelope/p_fall, NULL)
Tone(106, 85, envelope/p_fall, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 106-88 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 2 // low (²)
stress
ipa ˨
//Tone(104, 96, envelope/p_fall, NULL)
//DF voice based
Tone(105, 93, envelope/p_fall, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 104-96 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 3 // high (³)
stress
ipa ˧
//Tone(108, 112, envelope/p_rise, NULL)
Tone(109, 116, envelope/p_rise, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 108-112 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 4 // extra high rise (⁴)
stress
ipa ˧˦
Tone(112, 134, envelope/p_rise, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 109-127 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 23 // rising (²³)
stress
ipa ˨˧
Tone(96, 111, envelope/p_rise, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 97-109 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 32 // falling (³²)
stress
ipa ˧˨
Tone(128, 96, envelope/p_fall, NULL) //need a pitch contour of 122-97 for a
endphoneme
phoneme 43 // extra high fall (⁴³) - end of word tone
stress
ipa ˦˧
//need a pitch contour of 122-75 for a~
//but can't seem to get espeak-ng to generate it when analysed via praat
Tone(127, 71, envelope/p_fall, NULL)
//length 150
endphoneme
//*******************************************************************
// LANGUAGE SPECIFIC CONSONANTS (PLOSIVES/STOPS)
//*******************************************************************
//none.
//*******************************************************************
// LANGUAGE SPECIFIC VOWELS
//*******************************************************************
//from phonemes
phoneme : // lengthen previous vowel by "length"
virtual
length 175
endphoneme
// ạ, a
//from ph_en
phoneme A:
vwl starttype #a endtype #a
length 175
FMT(vowel/aa_2)
endphoneme
// ạ, a, end of word vowel
//from ph_english
phoneme A~
vwl starttype #a endtype #a
length 175
FMT(vnasal/aa_n2)
endphoneme
// e, ẹ
//from ph_base2
phoneme E
vwl starttype #e endtype #e
length 175
FMT(vowel/ee_1)
endphoneme
// e, ẹ, final word vowel
//from ph_konkani
phoneme E~
vwl starttype #e endtype #e
length 175
FMT(vnasal/ee_n2)
endphoneme
// i, ị
//from ph_en
phoneme I
vwl starttype #i endtype #i
length 175
FMT(vowel/ii_2)
endphoneme
// i, ị, final word vowel
//from ph_konkani
phoneme I~
vwl starttype #i endtype #i
length 175
FMT(vnasal/ii_n)
endphoneme
// o, ọ
//from ph_base2
phoneme o
vwl starttype #o endtype #o
length 175
FMT(vowel/o)
endphoneme
// o, ọ, final word vowel
phoneme o~
vwl starttype #o endtype #o
length 175
FMT(vnasal/o_n)
endphoneme
// u, ụ
//from ph_base2
phoneme u
vwl starttype #u endtype #u
length 175
FMT(vowel/u_bck)
endphoneme
// u, ụ, final word vowel
phoneme u~
vwl starttype #u endtype #u
length 175
FMT(vnasal/u_n)
endphoneme
//ṿ, v
//from ph_french
phoneme W~
vwl starttype #@ endtype #@
length 175
FMT(vnasal/W_n)
endphoneme
// fix specific consonents to last long enough to be heard
phoneme l
import_phoneme base2/l
length 75
endphoneme
phoneme m
import_phoneme base2/m
length 75
endphoneme
phoneme n
import_phoneme base2/n
length 75
endphoneme
phoneme w
import_phoneme base2/w
length 75
endphoneme
phoneme j
import_phoneme base1/j
length 75
endphoneme
phoneme h
import_phoneme base1/h
length 5
//lengthmod 1
endphoneme