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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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This document extends Evan Kirshenbaum's feature set to be able to describe the |
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different phonemes in the IPA and as are used in the various languages of the |
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world. |
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The goal of this document is not to provide a detailed guide on phonetics. Nor |
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is it intended to be able to accurately record differences in IPA diacritics. |
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Instead, it is designed to be a transcription guide for authors of espeak-ng |
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languages and voices on how to specify phonemes so that the IPA and feature |
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transcriptions are consistent. |
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__NOTE:__ This model is in the process of being implemented. As such, the |
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current implementation does not reflect this document. |
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## Consonants |
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