//==================================================== // French //==================================================== phoneme : // Lengthen previous vowel by "length" virtual length 40 // shorter than for fr-ca endphoneme phoneme @ vowel starttype (@) endtype (@) unstressed length 170 formants vowel/@_2 endphoneme phoneme @- // very short schwa vowel nonsyllabic starttype (@) endtype (@) formants vowel/@- unstressed length 20 endphoneme phoneme a vowel starttype (a) endtype (a) length 170 formants vowel/a_3 endphoneme phoneme e vowel starttype (e) endtype (e) length 172 formants vowel/e endphoneme phoneme E vowel starttype (e) endtype (e) length 170 formants vowel/ee endphoneme phoneme i vowel starttype (i) endtype (i) length 160 formants vowel/i_3 linkout ; endphoneme phoneme i: // Slitely longer than i vowel starttype (i) endtype (i) length 212 formants vowel/i_en linkout ; endphoneme phoneme o vowel starttype (o) endtype (o) length 170 formants vowel/o_3 endphoneme phoneme O vowel starttype (o) endtype (o) length 170 formants vowel/o_mid endphoneme phoneme u vowel starttype (u) endtype (u) length 170 formants vowel/u_2 endphoneme phoneme y vowel starttype (e) endtype (u) length 170 formants vowel/y_2 endphoneme phoneme Y vowel starttype (@) endtype (@) length 170 formants vowel/y# endphoneme phoneme w liquid length 130 beforenotvowel w/ lengthmod 7 formants w/w after _ w/_w endphoneme phoneme W vowel starttype (@) endtype (@) length 170 formants vowel/@_2 endphoneme phoneme w^i vowel starttype (i) endtype (i) length 220 formants vdiph/yi_fr endphoneme phoneme A~ vowel starttype (a) endtype (a) length 180 formants vnasal/aa_n3 endphoneme phoneme E~ // same as W~ for fr-fr vowel starttype (e) endtype (e) length 180 formants vnasal/W_n endphoneme phoneme O~ vowel starttype (o) endtype (o) length 180 formants vnasal/o_n3 endphoneme phoneme W~ vowel starttype (@) endtype (@) length 204 formants vnasal/W_n endphoneme // These vowels map to others in fr-fr, but are distinct in fr-ca phoneme I // same as [i] vowel starttype (i) endtype (i) length 158 formants vowel/i linkout ; endphoneme phoneme U // same as [u] vowel starttype (u) endtype (u) length 174 formants vowel/u endphoneme phoneme y" // same as [y] vowel starttype (u) endtype (u) length 148 formants vowel/y_2 endphoneme phoneme E: // slightly longer than [E] vowel starttype (e) endtype (e) length 212 formants vowel/e endphoneme phoneme A // same as [a] vowel starttype (a) endtype (a) length 166 formants vowel/a_en endphoneme // CONSONANTS //=========== // uses the consonants in file "phonemes", unless overridden here phoneme l liquid length 100 lengthmod 7 // beforenotvowel l/ formants l/l // after _ l/_l // after t l/tl after l/ l/l_long // double l, make it longer before (a) l/la before (e) l/le before (i) l/li before (o) l/lo before (u) l/lu before (@) l/l@ before _ l/l_ endphoneme phoneme r vcd uvl frc vowelin f1=0 f2=800 -100 100 f3=-400 100 length 100 lengthmod 7 beforenotvowel r/ formants vwl_fr/@R%40 after t r/tr before _ r3/r_ endphoneme phoneme R vcd uvl frc vowelin f1=0 f2=800 -100 100 f3=-400 100 length 100 lengthmod 7 beforenotvowel r/ formants vwl_fr/@R%40 after r r/rr endphoneme phoneme r/ // used for [r] when not preceding a vowel vcd uvl frc length 100 lengthmod 2 // formants r3/r_+r3/rx before n r3/r_n+r3/rx endphoneme phoneme t vls alv stop vowelin f1=0 f2=1700 -100 100 f3=-100 80 vowelout f1=0 f2=1700 -300 250 f3=-100 80 rms=20 lengthmod 2 wave ustop/t%50 before _ ustop/t_%40 before @- ustop/t%50 // before r ustop/tr // before R ustop/tr switchvoicing d endphoneme phoneme t2 // silent unless followed by vowel beforenotvowel NULL vls alv stop vowelin f1=0 f2=1600 -300 300 f3=-100 80 vowelout f1=0 f2=1600 -300 250 f3=-100 80 rms=20 lengthmod 2 wave ustop/t before _ ustop/t_ endphoneme phoneme z2 // silent unless followed by vowel beforenotvowel NULL vcd alv frc sibilant vowelout f1=0 f2=1700 -300 300 f3=-100 60 len=50 formants voc/z+ufric/s_ before _ voc/z_+ufric/s_ lengthmod 6 endphoneme phoneme z3 // "six" and "dix". [s] before pause, [z] before vowel, else [] beforepause s beforenotvowel NULL vcd alv frc sibilant vowelout f1=0 f2=1700 -300 300 f3=-100 60 len=50 formants voc/z+ufric/s_ before _ voc/z_+ufric/s_ lengthmod 6 endphoneme phoneme k vls vel stop vowelin f1=0 f2=2300 200 400 f3=-100 80 vowelout f1=0 f2=2300 300 400 f3=-100 80 rms=20 lengthmod 2 wave ustop/k%60 // reduce strength of noise burst before _ ustop/k_ before r ustop/kr before l ustop/kl before (i) ustop/ki switchvoicing g endphoneme phoneme v vcd lbd frc vowelin f1=0 f2=1000 -300 -200 f3=-300 100 vowelout f1=0 f2=1000 -500 -300 f3=-300 60 len=50 lengthmod 6 formants voc/v+vocw/v before _ voc/v_+vocw/v switchvoicing f endphoneme phoneme p vls blb stop vowelin f1=0 f2=1000 -50 -100 f3=-200 80 amp=11 vowelout f1=0 f2=1000 -500 -350 f3=-300 80 rms=22 lengthmod 2 wave ustop/p before _ ustop/p_ before r ustop/pr%70 before R ustop/pr before @- ustop/p_unasp before l ustop/pl switchvoicing b endphoneme phoneme b vcd blb stop vowelout f1=0 f2=1000 -500 -300 f3=-300 80 brk formants b/b+x/b before _ b/b_+x/b before (a) b/ba+x/b before (@) b/b@+x/b before (e) b/be+x/b before (i) b/bi+x/b before (o) b/bo+x/b before (u) b/bu+x/b before @- b/b@2+x/b after _ NULL after @ b/xb lengthmod 5 switchvoicing p endphoneme