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docs/phonemes.md: support the IPA chart suprasegmentals and tone marks.

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- [Co-articulation](#co-articulation-1)
- [Precomposed Characters](#precomposed-characters)
- [Suprasegmentals](#suprasegmentals)
- [Stress](#stress)
- [Length](#length)
- [Rhythm](#rhythm)
- [Intonation](#intonation)
- [Tones](#tones)
- [Tone Stepping](#tone-stepping)
- [Unused](#unused)
- [References](#references)

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### Suprasegmentals

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `lng` | `lng` | long |
#### Stress

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----|------------------|
| `st1` | | ˈ◌ | primary stress |
| `st2` | | ˌ◌ | secondary stress |

#### Length

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----|-----------------|
| `est` | | ◌̆ | extra short |
| `hlg` | | ◌ˑ | half-long |
| `lng` | `lng` | ◌ː | long |

#### Rhythm

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----|-------------------|
| `sbr` | | ◌.◌ | syllable break |
| `lnk` | | ◌‿◌ | linked (no break) |

#### Intonation

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |
|---------|-------------|--------|--------------------------|
| `fbr` | | | | minor (foot) break |
| `ibr` | | ‖ | major (intonation) break |
| `glr` | | ↗ | global rise |
| `glf` | | ↘ | global fall |

### Tones

| Tone | IPA | Start | Middle | End |
|--------------------|-----|-------|--------|-------|
| extra high (top) | ◌˥ | `ts5` | `tm5` | `te5` |
| high | ◌˦ | `ts4` | `tm4` | `te4` |
| mid | ◌˧ | `ts3` | `tm3` | `te3` |
| low | ◌˨ | `ts2` | `tm2` | `te2` |
| extra low (bottom) | ◌˩ | `ts1` | `tm1` | `te1` |

#### Tone Stepping

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----|-------------|
| `dst` | | ꜛ◌ | downstep |
| `ust` | | ꜜ◌ | upstep |

### Unused


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