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
| phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | phoneme i // optional variant of [I] for end of words | ||||
| vowel starttype #i endtype #i | vowel starttype #i endtype #i | ||||
| ipa ɪ | |||||
| ipa i | |||||
| length 140 | length 140 | ||||
| IfNextVowelAppend(;) | IfNextVowelAppend(;) | ||||
| FMT(vowel/ii_7) | FMT(vowel/ii_7) |