// Māori phonemes
// what follows the word 'phoneme' is the name of the phoneme

//=======
// VOWELS
//=======
phoneme a //so the name of this phoneme is 'a'
  vwl starttype #a endtype #a
  length 140
  FMT(vowel/a_5) //from latin
endphoneme

phoneme aa //so the name of this phoneme is 'aa'
  vwl starttype #a endtype #a
  length 280
  FMT(vowel/a_5) //copied from above and length doubled
endphoneme

phoneme e
  vwl starttype #e endtype #e
  length 140
  FMT(vowel/e) //working hypothesis
endphoneme

phoneme ee
  vwl starttype #e endtype #e
  length 280
  FMT(vowel/e) //copied from above and length doubled
endphoneme

phoneme i
  vwl starttype #i endtype #i
  length 140
  FMT(vowel/i) //working hypothesis
endphoneme

phoneme ii
  vwl starttype #i endtype #i
  length 280
  FMT(vowel/i) //copied from above and length doubled
endphoneme

phoneme o
  vwl starttype #o endtype #o
  length 140
  FMT(vowel/o) //working hypothesis
endphoneme

phoneme oo
  vwl starttype #o endtype #o
  length 280
  FMT(vowel/o) //copied from above and length doubled
endphoneme

phoneme u
  vwl starttype #u endtype #u
  length 140
  FMT(vowel/u) //working hypothesis
endphoneme

phoneme uu
  vwl starttype #u endtype #u
  length 280
  FMT(vowel/u) //copied from above and length doubled
endphoneme

//==========
// DIPTHONGS
//==========

//===========
// CONSONANTS
//===========

phoneme ng // si**ng** taken from Kyrgz (deleting what seemed from testing to be not needed)
  vcd vel nas

// don't really know why this works but is does
  NextVowelStarts
    VowelStart(nn/nn@)
    VowelStart(nn/nna)
    VowelStart(nn/nne)
    VowelStart(nn/nni)
    VowelStart(nn/nno)
    VowelStart(nn/nnu)
  EndSwitch

endphoneme

