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# Phonemes
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- [Consonants](#consonants)
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- [Other Symbols](#other-symbols)
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- [Gemination](#gemination)
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- [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation)
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- [Place of Articulation](#place-of-articulation)
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- [Voice](#voice)
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- [Vowels](#vowels)
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- [Rounding](#rounding)
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- [Height](#height)
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- [Backness](#backness)
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- [Diacritics](#diacritics)
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- [Articulation](#articulation)
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- [Air Flow](#air-flow)
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- [Phonation](#phonation)
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- [Rounding and Labialization](#rounding-and-labialization)
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- [Syllabicity](#syllabicity)
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- [Features](#features)
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- [Consonant Release](#consonant-release)
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- [Fortis and Lenis](#fortis-and-lenis)
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- [Co-articulation](#co-articulation-1)
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- [Suprasegmentals](#suprasegmentals)
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- [Stress](#stress)
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- [Length](#length)
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- [Rhythm](#rhythm)
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- [Intonation](#intonation)
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- [Tone Stepping](#tone-stepping)
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- [Properties](#properties)
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- [Tones](#tones)
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- [References](#references)
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----------
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Evan Kirshenbaum created an ASCII transcription of the International Phonetic
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Alphabet (IPA)<sup>\[<a href="#ref1">1</a>\], \[<a href="#ref2">2</a>\]</sup>.
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As well as using ASCII characters for specific IPA phonemes, this transcription
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provides a set of 3-letter feature abbreviations allowing a phoneme to be
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described as a sequence of features.
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This document is grouped into three sections. The first section displays the IPA
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charts using the feature names instead of their names, showing the IPA phoneme
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at that position in the chart. This makes it easier to look up the features for
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a given IPA phoneme.
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The second section lists the features and their associated name. The Wikipedia
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IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref4">4</a>\]</sup> article can be used as a starting point
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into the various phonetic topics contained in this document.
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The third section describes the properties (named values) used to describe the
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phonemes. These, in addition to the features, should allow all possible phonemes
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from any language to be described.
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The goal of this document is not to provide a detailed guide on phonetics.
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Instead, it is designed to be a transcription guide on how to specify phonemes
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in a language or voice so that the narrow transcriptions are consistent between
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the two.
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## Consonants
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td></td>
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<th colspan="2"><code>blb</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>lbd</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>dnt</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>alv</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>pla</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>rfx</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>alp</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>pal</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>vel</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>uvl</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>phr</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>glt</code></th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>nas</code></th>
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<td> </td><td>m</td>
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<td> </td><td>ɱ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>n</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɳ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɲ</td>
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<td> </td><td>ŋ</td>
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<td> </td><td>ɴ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>stp</code></th>
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<td>p</td><td>b</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>t</td><td>d</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ʈ</td><td>ɖ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>c</td><td>ɟ</td>
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<td>k</td><td>ɡ</td>
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<td>q</td><td>ɢ</td>
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<td>ʡ</td><td> </td>
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<td>ʔ</td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>sib</code> <code>afr</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>t͡s</td><td>d͡z</td>
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<td>t͡ʃ</td><td>d͡ʒ</td>
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<td>ʈ͡ʂ</td><td>ɖ͡ʐ</td>
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<td>t͡ɕ</td><td>d͡ʑ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>afr</code></th>
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<td>p͡ɸ</td><td>b͡β</td>
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<td>p̪͡f</td><td>b̪͡v</td>
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<td>t͡θ</td><td>d͡ð</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>c͡ç</td><td>ɟ͡ʝ</td>
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<td>k͡x</td><td>ɡ͡ɣ</td>
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<td>q͡χ</td><td>ɢ͡ʁ</td>
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<td>ʡ͡ħ</td><td>ʡ͡ʕ</td>
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<td>ʔ͡h</td><td></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>afr</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>t͡ɬ</td><td>d͡ɮ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>sib</code> <code>frc</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>s</td><td>z</td>
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<td>ʃ</td><td>ʒ</td>
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<td>ʂ</td><td>ʐ</td>
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<td>ɕ</td><td>ʑ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>frc</code></th>
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<td>ɸ</td><td>β</td>
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<td>f</td><td>v</td>
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<td>θ</td><td>ð</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ç</td><td>ʝ</td>
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<td>x</td><td>ɣ</td>
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<td>χ</td><td>ʁ</td>
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<td>ħ</td><td>ʕ</td>
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<td>h</td><td>ɦ</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>frc</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ɬ</td><td>ɮ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>apr</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ʋ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɹ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɻ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>j</td>
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<td> </td><td>ɰ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>apr</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>l</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɭ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ʎ</td>
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<td> </td><td>ʟ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>flp</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ⱱ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɾ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɽ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>flp</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɺ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>trl</code></th>
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<td> </td><td>ʙ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>r</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ʀ</td>
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<td>ʜ</td><td>ʢ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>clk</code></th>
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<td>ʘ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ǀ</td><td> </td>
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<td>ǃ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ǂ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>clk</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ǁ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>imp</code></th>
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<td> </td><td>ɓ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ɗ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td>ʄ</td>
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<td> </td><td>ɠ</td>
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<td> </td><td>ʛ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>ejc</code></th>
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<td>pʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>tʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ʈʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>cʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>kʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>qʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>ʡʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>ejc</code> <code>frc</code></th>
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<td>fʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>θʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>sʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>ʃʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>ʂʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>xʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td>χʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>lat</code> <code>ejc</code> <code>frc</code></th>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td>ɬʼ</td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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Symbols to the left are `vls`, and to the right are `vcd`.
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### Other Symbols
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| Symbol | Alternative | Features |
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|--------|-------------|-------------------------|
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| ʍ | ɰ̊ʷ | `vls` `vel` `ptr` `apr` |
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| w | ɰʷ | `vcd` `vel` `ptr` `apr` |
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| ɥ | jʷ | `vcd` `pal` `ptr` `apr` |
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| ɧ | | `vls` `vzd` `pla` `frc` |
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| ɫ | | `vcd` `fzd` `alv` `lat` `apr` |
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| ɚ | | `unr` `mid` `cnt` `rzd` `vwl` |
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| ɝ | | `unr` `lmd` `cnt` `rzd` `vwl` |
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| k͡p | | `vls` `lbv` `stp` |
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| ɡ͡b | | `vcd` `lbv` `stp` |
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| ŋ͡m | | `vcd` `lbv` `stp` |
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| p͡f | | `vls` `bld` `afr` |
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| b͡v | | `vcd` `bld` `afr` |
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### Gemination
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Gemination is found in several languages including Italian and Japanese.
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It is also present in the suprasegmental phonology between words such as
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"lamppost" and "evenness".
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Some linguists use the [long](#length) suprasegmental for geminate consonants.
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The eSpeak NG convention is to use consonant length for [phonation](#phonation)
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when consonant length is distinct without gemination occurring.
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The way gemination is represented in eSpeak NG is to duplicate the phonemes,
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with the first phoneme using the `unx` feature. For example, n̚.n for a
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geminated n. This describes how with the `stp` and `nas` consonants, the
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mouth remains closed (`unx`) for the first of the geminated consonants.
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### Manner of Articulation
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| Feature | Symbol | Name |
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| `nas` | | nasal |
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| `stp` | | plosive (stop) |
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| `afr` | | affricate |
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| `frc` | | fricative |
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| `flp` | | tap/flap |
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| `trl` | | trill |
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| `apr` | | approximant |
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| `clk` | | click |
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| `ejc` | | ejective |
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| `imp` | ◌ʼ | implosive |
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| `vwl` | | vowel |
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The `vwl` phonemes are described using vowel height and backness features,
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while consonants (the other manners of articulation) are described using
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place of articulation features.
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Additionally, the manner of articulation can be refined using the following
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features:
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| Feature | Name |
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| `lat` | lateral |
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| `sib` | sibilant |
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### Place of Articulation
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| Feature | Name |
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|---------|-----------------------|
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| `blb` | bilabial |
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| `lbd` | labiodental |
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| `bld` | bilabial-labiodental |
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| `dnt` | dental |
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| `alv` | alveolar |
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| `pla` | palato-alveolar |
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| `rfx` | retroflex |
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| `alp` | alveolo-palatal |
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| `pal` | palatal |
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| `vel` | velar |
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| `lbv` | labio-velar |
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| `uvl` | uvular |
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| `phr` | pharyngeal |
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| `glt` | glottal |
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The `bld` place of articulation is used for `afr` consonants that have a `blb`
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onset and a `lbd` release, e.g. in the German p͡f consonant.
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|
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__NOTE:__ The IPA charts make a distinction between pharyngeal and epiglottal
|
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consonants, but Wikipedia does not. This model uses the Wikipedia descriptions.
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||
|
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### Voice
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|
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| Feature | Name |
|
||
|---------|-----------|
|
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| `vls` | voiceless |
|
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| `vcd` | voiced |
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||
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## Vowels
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<table>
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<tr>
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<td></td>
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<th colspan="2"><code>fnt</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>cnt</code></th>
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<th colspan="2"><code>bck</code></th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>hgh</code></th>
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<td>i</td><td>y</td>
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<td>ɨ</td><td>ʉ</td>
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||
<td>ɯ</td><td>u</td>
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</tr>
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||
<tr>
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<th align="right"><code>smh</code></th>
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<td>ɪ</td><td>ʏ</td>
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<td> </td><td> </td>
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||
<td> </td><td>ʊ</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr>
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||
<th align="right"><code>umd</code></th>
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<td>e</td><td>ø</td>
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||
<td>ɘ</td><td>ɵ</td>
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||
<td>ɤ</td><td>o</td>
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||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
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||
<th align="right"><code>mid</code></th>
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||
<td> </td><td> </td>
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||
<td>ə</td><td> </td>
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||
<td> </td><td> </td>
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||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th align="right"><code>lmd</code></th>
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||
<td>ɛ</td><td>œ</td>
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||
<td>ɜ</td><td>ɞ</td>
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||
<td>ʌ</td><td>ɔ</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th align="right"><code>sml</code></th>
|
||
<td>æ</td><td> </td>
|
||
<td>ɐ</td><td> </td>
|
||
<td> </td><td> </td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr>
|
||
<th align="right"><code>low</code></th>
|
||
<td>a</td><td>ɶ</td>
|
||
<td> </td><td> </td>
|
||
<td>ɑ</td><td>ɒ</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
|
||
Symbols to the left are `unr`, and to the right are `rnd`.
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||
|
||
__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.
|
||
|
||
### Height
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Name |
|
||
|---------|------------------------|
|
||
| `hgh` | close (high) |
|
||
| `smh` | near-close (semi-high) |
|
||
| `umd` | close-mid (upper-mid) |
|
||
| `mid` | mid |
|
||
| `lmd` | open-mid (lower-mid) |
|
||
| `sml` | near-open (semi-low) |
|
||
| `low` | open (low) |
|
||
|
||
### Backness
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Name |
|
||
|---------|-----------------|
|
||
| `fnt` | front |
|
||
| `cnt` | center |
|
||
| `bck` | back |
|
||
|
||
### Rounding
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Name |
|
||
|---------|-----------|
|
||
| `unr` | unrounded |
|
||
| `rnd` | rounded |
|
||
|
||
## Diacritics
|
||
|
||
### Articulation
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------|
|
||
| `lgl` | ◌̼ | linguolabial |
|
||
| `idt` | ◌̪͆ | interdental |
|
||
| | ◌̪ | dental |
|
||
| `apc` | ◌̺ | apical |
|
||
| `lmn` | ◌̻ | laminal |
|
||
| | ◌̟ | advanced |
|
||
| | ◌̠ | retracted |
|
||
| | ◌̈ | centralized |
|
||
| | ◌̽ | mid-centralized |
|
||
| | ◌̝ | raised |
|
||
| | ◌̞ | lowered |
|
||
|
||
The articulations that do not have a corresponding feature name are recorded
|
||
using the features of their new location in the consonant or vowel charts, not
|
||
using the features of the base phoneme.
|
||
|
||
### Air Flow
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|------------|
|
||
| `egs` | ↑ | egressive |
|
||
| `igs` | ↓ | ingressive |
|
||
|
||
The ↑ and ↓ symbols are from the extended IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref7">7</a>\]</sup>.
|
||
They only need to be used when the air flow is different to the base IPA
|
||
phoneme (e.g. using ↓ on pulmonic consonants).
|
||
|
||
### Phonation
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------|
|
||
| `brv` | ◌̤ | breathy voice |
|
||
| `slv` | ◌̥ | slack voice |
|
||
| `stv` | ◌̬ | stiff voice |
|
||
| `crv` | ◌̰ | creaky voice |
|
||
| `glc` | ʔ͡◌ | glottal closure |
|
||
|
||
The IPA ◌̥ diacritic is also used to fill the `vls` spaces in the IPA consonant
|
||
charts. Thus, when ◌̥ is used with a `vcd` consonant that does not have an
|
||
equivalent `vls` consonant, the resulting consonant is `vls`, not `slv`.
|
||
|
||
### Rounding and Labialization
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|------------|
|
||
| `ptr` | ◌ʷ, ◌ᶣ | protruded |
|
||
| `cmp` | ◌ᵝ | compressed |
|
||
|
||
The degree of rounding/labialization can be specified using the following
|
||
features:
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|--------------|
|
||
| `mrd` | ◌̹ | more rounded |
|
||
| `lrd` | ◌̜ | less rounded |
|
||
|
||
### Syllabicity
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------|
|
||
| `syl` | ◌̩ | syllabic |
|
||
| `nsy` | ◌̯ | non-syllabic |
|
||
|
||
## Features
|
||
|
||
### Consonant Release
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|---------------------------------|
|
||
| `frr` | | fricative release |
|
||
| `asp` | ◌ʰ | aspirated |
|
||
| `nrs` | ◌ⁿ | nasal release |
|
||
| `lrs` | ◌ˡ | lateral release |
|
||
| `unx` | ◌̚ | no audible release (unexploded) |
|
||
|
||
### Co-articulation
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name | Co-Articulator | Type |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
|
||
| `pzd` | ◌ʲ | palatalized | `hpl` | Passive Articulator |
|
||
| `vzd` | ◌ˠ | velarized | `spl` | Passive Articulator |
|
||
| `fzd` | ◌ˤ | pharyngealized | `prx` | Passive Articulator |
|
||
| `nzd` | ◌̃ | nasalized | `nsl` | Target |
|
||
| `rzd` | ◌˞ | rhoticized | `rfx` | Place of Articulation |
|
||
|
||
Additionally, the tongue root position can be specified using the following
|
||
features:
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------------|
|
||
| `atr` | ◌̘ | advanced tongue root |
|
||
| `rtr` | ◌̙ | retracted tongue root |
|
||
|
||
### Fortis and Lenis
|
||
|
||
| Feature |Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|-------|--------|
|
||
| `fts` | ◌͈ | fortis |
|
||
| `lns` | ◌͉ | lenis |
|
||
|
||
The extended IPA<sup>\[<a href="#ref7">7</a>\]</sup> ◌͈ and ◌͉ diacritics
|
||
are used to specify lesser (`lns`) and greater (`fts`) oral pressure than
|
||
the unmodified voiced or voiceless phoneme. This distinction is made by
|
||
the Ewe, Tabasaran, Archi, and other languages<sup>\[<a href="#ref8">8</a>\]</sup>.
|
||
|
||
Where fortis and lenis are used to contrast consonant durations (e.g. in
|
||
the Jawoyn, Ojibwe, and Zurich German languages<sup>\[<a href="#ref8">8</a>\]</sup>),
|
||
the [length](#length) suprasegmentals are used instead.
|
||
|
||
### Suprasegmentals
|
||
|
||
#### Stress
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|------------------|
|
||
| `st1` | ˈ◌ | primary stress |
|
||
| `st2` | ˌ◌ | secondary stress |
|
||
| `st3` | ˈˈ◌ | extra stress |
|
||
|
||
#### Length
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-----------------|
|
||
| `est` | ◌̆ | extra short |
|
||
| `hlg` | ◌ˑ | half-long |
|
||
| `lng` | ◌ː | long |
|
||
|
||
#### Rhythm
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-------------------|
|
||
| `sbr` | ◌.◌ | syllable break |
|
||
| `lnk` | ◌‿◌ | linked (no break) |
|
||
|
||
#### Intonation
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|--------------------------|
|
||
| `fbr` | | | minor (foot) break |
|
||
| `ibr` | ‖ | major (intonation) break |
|
||
| `glr` | ↗ | global rise |
|
||
| `glf` | ↘ | global fall |
|
||
|
||
#### Tone Stepping
|
||
|
||
| Feature | Symbol | Name |
|
||
|---------|--------|-------------|
|
||
| `ust` | ꜛ◌ | upstep |
|
||
| `dst` | ꜜ◌ | downstep |
|
||
|
||
## Properties
|
||
|
||
### Tones
|
||
|
||
Tones are defined using the following 3 properties:
|
||
|
||
tone_start <value>
|
||
tone_middle <value>
|
||
tone_end <value>
|
||
|
||
The `<value>` field for these properties is a number with one of the following
|
||
values:
|
||
|
||
| Tone | Symbol | `<value>` |
|
||
|--------------------|--------|-----------|
|
||
| extra high (top) | ◌˥ | `5` |
|
||
| high | ◌˦ | `4` |
|
||
| mid | ◌˧ | `3` |
|
||
| low | ◌˨ | `2` |
|
||
| extra low (bottom) | ◌˩ | `1` |
|
||
|
||
A *level* tone can be specified by just using the `tone_start` value. A *raising*
|
||
or *falling* tone can be specified using the `tone_start` and `tone_end` values.
|
||
A *raising-falling* (*peaking*) or *falling-raising* (*dipping*) tone can be
|
||
specified using all three values.
|
||
|
||
## References
|
||
|
||
1. <a name="ref1"></a> Kirshenbaum, Evan,
|
||
[Representing IPA phonetics in ASCII](http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/faq.html) (HTML). 1993.
|
||
|
||
2. <a name="ref2"></a> Kirshenbaum, Evan,
|
||
[Representing IPA phonetics in ASCII](http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf) (PDF). 2001.
|
||
|
||
3. <a name="ref3"></a> International Phonetic Association,
|
||
[The International Phonetic Alphabet and the IPA Chart](https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/ipa-chart). 2015.
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|
||
|
||
4. <a name="ref4"></a> Wikipedia.
|
||
[International Phonetic Alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet). 2017.
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|
||
|
||
5. <a name="ref5"></a> Dunn, R. H.,
|
||
[Cainteoir Text-to-Speech Phoneme Features](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhdunn/cainteoir-engine/master/src/libcainteoir/phoneme/phoneme.cpp). 2013-2015.
|
||
|
||
6. <a name="ref6"></a> Wikipedia.
|
||
[Voiced glottal fricative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_glottal_fricative). 2017,
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|
||
|
||
7. <a name="ref7"></a> Wikipedia.
|
||
[Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensions_to_the_International_Phonetic_Alphabet). 2017,
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|
||
|
||
8. <a name="ref8"></a> Wikipedia.
|
||
[Fortis and lenis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortis_and_lenis). 2017,
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|
||
|
||
9. <a name="ref9"></a> Wikipedia.
|
||
[Place of articulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_of_articulation). 2017,
|
||
Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA).
|