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//  Catalan  - based on Spanish and Base2
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phoneme a
  vowel starttype #a endtype #a
  length 180
  ChangeIfUnstressed(a#)
  FMT(vowel/a_6)
endphoneme

phoneme a#
  vowel starttype #@ endtype #@
  ipa ɐ
  unstressed
  length 170
  FMT(vowel/a#_3)
endphoneme

phoneme e
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 170
  ChangeIfUnstressed(@)
  FMT(vowel/e)
endphoneme

phoneme E
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 180
  ChangeIfUnstressed(@)
  FMT(vowel/e_mid)
endphoneme

phoneme E2    // don't reduce
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 180
  FMT(vowel/e_mid)
endphoneme

phoneme O
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 170
  ChangeIfUnstressed(U)
  FMT(vowel/oo)
endphoneme

phoneme o
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 170
  ChangeIfUnstressed(U)
  FMT(vowel/o)
endphoneme

phoneme U
  vowel starttype #u endtype #u
  unstressed
  length 160
  FMT(vowel/uu_2)
endphoneme

phoneme u
  vowel starttype #u endtype #u
  length 160
  ChangeIfUnstressed(U)
  FMT(vowel/u_bck)
endphoneme



phoneme l
  import_phoneme en/l   // use 'dark' [l] after a vowel
endphoneme