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Replace Elvish [[ui]]/[[uI]] diphthong

Previously, we used vdiph/ui_4 for [[ui]]; I think the main reason for
that was that I didn’t like how the most common ⟨ui⟩, vdiph/ui, seemed
to almost vanish in “Cuiviénen”. However, vdiph/ui_4 has the curious
property that in some positions, e.g. ⟨uia⟩ in “tuia” or ⟨uil⟩
“tuilindo”, it sounds (to me) more like /ul/ than /ui/. (This also
affects Finnish, which seems to be the only other language that uses
vdiph/ui_4 [a few other languages also use it for [[ui]] but don’t seem
to emit that phoneme in their rules files] – listen to eSpeak NG
pronounce Finnish ”luiun”, for instance.) I eventually found out that
this can be worked around by substantially lengthening the phoneme
(length 500 seems to work in all positions), but this extreme length
(the absolute maximum is just 511) becomes rather noticeable whenever
the ui is used, including in positions where it had sounded just fine
before. Meanwhile, the more standard vdiph/ui can be made to sound
reasonably well in “Cuiviénen” with a much smaller increment to its
length: 290 (as also in ph_lithuanian) instead of 240 (as in ph_base2)
is enough. In this version, [[uI]] sounds acceptable enough for Elvish
⟨ui⟩ in all positions, as far as I can tell.
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Lucas Werkmeister 3 years ago
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5 changed files with 10 additions and 10 deletions
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dictsource/qya_rules View File

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@

.group u
u u
ui (+ ui
ui (+ uI
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
u (L01X =u
u (CL01X =u

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- 1
dictsource/sjn_rules View File

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@

.group u
u u
ui (+ ui
ui (+ uI
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
u (L01X =u
u (CL01X =u

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- 3
phsource/ph_quenya View File

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ phoneme aI
FMT(vdiph/ai)
endphoneme

phoneme ui
phoneme uI
vwl starttype #u endtype #i
length 270
length 290
lng
FMT(vdiph/ui_4)
FMT(vdiph/ui)
endphoneme

phoneme iu

+ 3
- 3
phsource/ph_sindarin View File

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ phoneme aI
FMT(vdiph/ai)
endphoneme

phoneme ui
phoneme uI
vwl starttype #u endtype #i
length 270
length 290
lng
FMT(vdiph/ui_4)
FMT(vdiph/ui)
endphoneme

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- 2
tests/language-pronunciation.test View File

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ S'a
'OksidU
p'or-
z'&~Ng&U~_:_: ,E*&U~ p,&l'avR&Z dU p,u*@-tug'es#" "Luís argüia à Júlia que «brações, fé, chá, óxido, pôr, zângão» eram palavras do português." "Latn"
test_phon qya ",aInul'Indal,e ald'INga aNk'alIm,a and'u:RIl at'akwe k,alak'IRja k,uivI;'e:nen ,eaR'endIl el'endIl ,elent'a:RI; el'essaR 'eNkwI;,e e'onwe eR'esse,a h,elkaR'akse w#'esta C'aRmen Is'IlduR m'axtan nam'a:RI;,e n,u:men'o:Re 'oRom,e ot'okwe pel'o:RI s'aURon tan'Ikwet,Il t,elum'eCtaR tuR'ambaR und'o:mI;,el ut'umno" "Ainulindalë aldinga ancalima Andúril ataquë Calacirya Cuiviénen Eärendil Elendil Elentári Elessar enquië Eönwe Eressëa Helcaraxë hwesta Hyarmen Isildur Mahtan Namárië Númenórë Orome otoquë Pelóri Sauron Taniquetil Telumehtar Turambar Undómiel Utumno" "Quenya"
test_phon qya ",aInul'Indal,e ald'INga aNk'alIm,a and'u:RIl at'akwe k,alak'IRja k,uIvI;'e:nen ,eaR'endIl el'endIl ,elent'a:RI; el'essaR 'eNkwI;,e e'onwe eR'esse,a h,elkaR'akse w#'esta C'aRmen Is'IlduR m'axtan nam'a:RI;,e n,u:men'o:Re 'oRom,e ot'okwe pel'o:RI s'aURon tan'Ikwet,Il t,elum'eCtaR tuR'ambaR und'o:mI;,el ut'umno" "Ainulindalë aldinga ancalima Andúril ataquë Calacirya Cuiviénen Eärendil Elendil Elentári Elessar enquië Eönwe Eressëa Helcaraxë hwesta Hyarmen Isildur Mahtan Namárië Númenórë Orome otoquë Pelóri Sauron Taniquetil Telumehtar Turambar Undómiel Utumno" "Quenya"
test_phon ro "m,uzikol'og@_! yn b'eZ v'ynd wh'iski Si tekw'ila
p@-*'ets f'iks" "Muzicologă în bej vând whisky și tequila, preț fix." "Latn"
test_phon ru "Syr'okVja E#l;ikt@-r;if;ik'Atsyja 'juZnyx gub;'ern;ij d'Ast m'oS;nyj tVltS;'ok pVdj'8mu s;'elskVvV xVz;'Ajstva#" "Широкая электрификация южных губерний даст мощный толчок подъёму сельского хозяйства." "Cyrl"
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ test_phon sd "s'Indhi b'o:li; 'Ind.o: jo:R'Vpi xa:nd'a:n s'a~: t[a:l'Vq R,@k#@nd
J'Vnhn t['e: ,aRb'i: bo:l'i:;a J'o: b'I t[@m'a:m v'Vd.o: as'VR ,a:he:
h'Ina v'aqt s'Indhi b'o:li s'Indh J'e: m'Vk# b'o:li_! 'ae~ d,@f@t['VRi z@b'a:n ,a:he:" "سنڌي ٻولي انڊو يورپي خاندان سان تعلق رکندڙ آريائي ٻولي آھي، جنھن تي عربي ٻوليءَ جو بہ تمام وڏو اثر آهي. هن وقت سنڌي ٻولي سنڌ جي مک ٻولي ۽ دفتري زبان آھي." "Arab"
test_phon si "t'aw@t st#'a:n@ k'i:p@j,@kin w'a:rta: w'u: s'ul.u p'ipiri:m s'ah@ d'e:s@p,a:l@n@ p'akS@ k r'ija:k,a:ri:n 'at@r@ '&tiwu: g'&t.um h'e:tuwen 'ek 'ajeku m'ij@gos k'i:p@ d'eneku t'uwa:l@ l'aba: t'ibe:" "තවත් ස්ථාන කීපයකින් වාර්තා වූ සුළු පිපිරීම් සහ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ ක්‍රියාකාරීන් අතර ඇතිවූ ගැටුම් හේතුවෙන් එක් අයෙකු මියගොස් කීප දෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා තිබේ." "Sinh"
test_phon sjn "'alf 'aman 'amaRT 'amon 'aRag,oRn aRn'OIdI;,ad 'aRved,ui bel'eRI;,and b'oRom,IR bRag'ollaX bR'eTIl bRIT'ombaR bR'uinen k'aIR kaR'aDRas k,elebR'i:an kRIss'aEgRIm d'eneT,oR dR'eNgIst d'u::n ekT'elI;,on 'emyn eR'I;ad,oR f'ean,oR fInd'uilas f'INgon fINg'olfIn fIn'aRfIn f'oRoX,el g'alaD,on gal'adRI;,el gR'ond gw'aIhIR w#'and j'aRwaIn 'ImladR,Is j'oReT IT'IlI;,en l#'u::n loTl'o:RI;,en m'enegR,oT mIT'eITel mITR'andIR moR'annon m'oRI;,a n'aRgoTR,ond oR'offIn osg'IlI;,aT pal'anti:R p,alant'i:RI pel'ennoR p,eRI;'annaT hR'u::n sIl'IvRen ToR'ondoR" "alph Aman Amarth Amon Aragorn Arnoediad Arvedui Beleriand Boromir Bragollach Brethil Brithombar Bruinen Cair Caradhras Celebrían Crissaegrim Denethor Drengist dûn Ecthelion Emyn Eriador Fëanor Finduilas Fingon Fingolfin Finarfin Forochel Galadhon Galadriel Grond Gwaihir hwand Iarwain Imladris Ioreth Ithilien lhûn Lothlórien Menegroth Mitheithel Mithrandir Morannon Moria Nargothrond Orophin Osgiliath Palantír Palantíri Pelennor Periannath rhûn Silivren Thorondor" "Sindarin"
test_phon sjn "'alf 'aman 'amaRT 'amon 'aRag,oRn aRn'OIdI;,ad 'aRved,uI bel'eRI;,and b'oRom,IR bRag'ollaX bR'eTIl bRIT'ombaR bR'uInen k'aIR kaR'aDRas k,elebR'i:an kRIss'aEgRIm d'eneT,oR dR'eNgIst d'u::n ekT'elI;,on 'emyn eR'I;ad,oR f'ean,oR fInd'uIlas f'INgon fINg'olfIn fIn'aRfIn f'oRoX,el g'alaD,on gal'adRI;,el gR'ond gw'aIhIR w#'and j'aRwaIn 'ImladR,Is j'oReT IT'IlI;,en l#'u::n loTl'o:RI;,en m'enegR,oT mIT'eITel mITR'andIR moR'annon m'oRI;,a n'aRgoTR,ond oR'offIn osg'IlI;,aT pal'anti:R p,alant'i:RI pel'ennoR p,eRI;'annaT hR'u::n sIl'IvRen ToR'ondoR" "alph Aman Amarth Amon Aragorn Arnoediad Arvedui Beleriand Boromir Bragollach Brethil Brithombar Bruinen Cair Caradhras Celebrían Crissaegrim Denethor Drengist dûn Ecthelion Emyn Eriador Fëanor Finduilas Fingon Fingolfin Finarfin Forochel Galadhon Galadriel Grond Gwaihir hwand Iarwain Imladris Ioreth Ithilien lhûn Lothlórien Menegroth Mitheithel Mithrandir Morannon Moria Nargothrond Orophin Osgiliath Palantír Palantíri Pelennor Periannath rhûn Silivren Thorondor" "Sindarin"
test_phon sk "k'r:d;el^ St;'astni:Q d;'atl^ow 'utSi: pR'i;u:st;i: v'a:hu m'l:kveho k'on^a 'ophRi:zat; k'uoRu_:_: a ZR'at; tS'eRstve: m'eso
p'et;ti:Zdn^,ove: v'l:tSata: n'eRvo:zn^e St;'ekaju: n'amu,ojho d;'atl^a_! v_ t'r:n^i:" "Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso. Päťtýždňové vĺčatá nervózne štekajú na môjho ďatľa v tŕní." "Latn"
test_phon sl "xiSn'i:tSin bR'a:tEts uzg'a:ja p'o:wZE p'o:t fik'u:sOm" "Hišničin bratec vzgaja polže pod fikusom." "Latn"

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