The i phoneme is used for the reduced i sound in e.g. happy (/h'api/). Thus, the following words contrast: word eSpeak IPA happy /h'api/ /hˈapi/ been /b'i:n/ /bˈiːn/ bin /b'In/ /bˈɪn/ Before this change, /h'api/ would be transcribed in IPA as /hˈapɪ/ which is wrong. After this change, it is transcribed correctly.master
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ endphoneme | |||
phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | |||
vowel starttype #i endtype #i | |||
ipa ɪ | |||
ipa i | |||
length 140 | |||
IfNextVowelAppend(;) | |||
FMT(vowel/ii_7) |