Build the ar language files.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ updated languages:
 *  lv (Latvian) -- Valdis Vitolins
 *  tr (Turkish) -- Valdis Vitolins
 
+new languages:
+
+*  ar (Arabic) -- Taha Zerrouki
+*  jp (Japanese) -- Reece Dunn (NOTE: Hiragana and Karakana only.)
+
 ### 1.49.0 - 2016-09-10
 
 *  Support the `--compile-mbrola` command-line option.

Makefile.am

@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ dictionaries: \
 	espeak-ng-data/af_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/am_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/an_dict \
+	espeak-ng-data/ar_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/as_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/az_dict \
 	espeak-ng-data/bg_dict \
@@ -436,6 +437,12 @@ dictsource/an_extra:
 espeak-ng-data/an_dict: src/espeak-ng phsource/phonemes.stamp dictsource/an_list dictsource/an_rules dictsource/an_extra
 	cd dictsource && ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=$(PWD) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ../src/espeak-ng --compile=an && cd ..
 
+ar: espeak-ng-data/ar_dict
+dictsource/ar_extra:
+	touch dictsource/ar_extra
+espeak-ng-data/ar_dict: src/espeak-ng phsource/phonemes.stamp dictsource/ar_list dictsource/ar_listx dictsource/ar_rules dictsource/ar_extra
+	cd dictsource && ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=$(PWD) LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ../src/espeak-ng --compile=ar && cd ..
+
 as: espeak-ng-data/as_dict
 dictsource/as_extra:
 	touch dictsource/as_extra

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ----------
 
 The eSpeak NG (Next Generation) Text-to-Speech program is an open source speech
-synthesizer that supports [93 languages and accents](espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md).
+synthesizer that supports [95 languages and accents](espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md).
 It is based on the eSpeak engine created by Jonathan Duddington. It uses
 spectral formant synthesis by default which sounds robotic, but can be
 configured to use Klatt formant synthesis or MBROLA to give it a more natural
@@ -364,4 +364,4 @@ The `getopt.c` compatibility implementation for getopt support on Windows is
 taken from the NetBSD `getopt_long` implementation, which is licensed under a
 [2-clause BSD](COPYING.BSD2) license.
 
-Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
+Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

espeak-ng-data/voices/README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The supported languages are:
 | `gmw`       | `af`              | West Germanic         | Afrikaans                   |                        |
 | `ine`       | `sq`              | Indo-European         | Albanian                    |                        |
 | `sem`       | `am`              | Semitic               | Amharic                     |                        |
+| `sem`       | `ar`              | Semitic               | Arabic                      |                        |
 | `roa`       | `an`              | Romance               | Aragonese                   |                        |
 | `ine`       | `hy`              | Indo-European         | Armenian                    | East Armenian          |
 | `ine`       | `hy-arevmda`      | Indo-European         | Armenian                    | West Armenian          |

src/windows/data.vcxproj

@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
   <Target Name="an" Inputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\an_rules;$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\an_list" Outputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\espeak-ng-data\an_dict" DependsOnTargets="Phonemes">
     <Exec Command="cd $(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource &amp;&amp; $(TargetDir)espeak-ng.exe --path=$(ProjectDir)..\.. --compile=an"/>
   </Target>
+  <Target Name="ar" Inputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\ar_rules;$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\ar_list;$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\ar_listx" Outputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\espeak-ng-data\ar_dict" DependsOnTargets="Phonemes">
+    <Exec Command="cd $(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource &amp;&amp; $(TargetDir)espeak-ng.exe --path=$(ProjectDir)..\.. --compile=ar"/>
+  </Target>
   <Target Name="as" Inputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\as_rules;$(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource\as_list" Outputs="$(ProjectDir)..\..\espeak-ng-data\as_dict" DependsOnTargets="Phonemes">
     <Exec Command="cd $(ProjectDir)..\..\dictsource &amp;&amp; $(TargetDir)espeak-ng.exe --path=$(ProjectDir)..\.. --compile=as"/>
   </Target>