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// VOWELS
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phoneme @L
  vowel  starttype (@)  endtype l
  length 160
  formants vwl_en/@L
  unstressed
  before _ vwl_en/@L
endphoneme


phoneme a
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (a)
  length 170
  formants vowel/a_4
  reduceto a2  0
endphoneme


phoneme E
  vowel  starttype (e)  endtype (e)
  length 150
  formants vowel/e_mid
  reduceto I  0
//  before l/ DFT-30+L/eL_af
endphoneme


phoneme I
  vowel  starttype (i) endtype (i)
  length 140
  formants vwl_en_wm/ii
  before l vowel/ii
  linkout ;
endphoneme

phoneme i   //  optional variant of [I] for end of words
  vowel  starttype (i)  endtype (i)
  length 220
  formants vowel/i
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme 0
  vowel  starttype (o)   endtype (o)
  length 140
  formants vowel/0_2
  reduceto @  0
endphoneme


phoneme V
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (o)
  length 140
  formants vowel/o-_2
  reduceto @  0
endphoneme


phoneme U
  vowel  starttype (u)  endtype (u)
  length 150
  formants vowel/uu
endphoneme


phoneme I2
  vowel  starttype (i)  endtype (i)
  unstressed
  length 140
  formants vwl_en_wm/ii
  before l vowel/ii
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme a2
  vowel  starttype (@)  endtype (@)
  unstressed
  length 140
  formants vowel/a#_3
//  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme A:
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (a)
  length 240
  formants vwl_en_wm/aa
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme A@
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (a)
  length 240
  formants vwl_en_wm/aa
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme aa   //   'bath' etc.
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (a)
  length 150
  formants vowel/a_4
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme 3:
  vowel  starttype (@)  endtype (@)
  length 250
  formants vowel/y#
  reduceto @  0
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme i:
  vowel  starttype (i)  endtype (i)
  length 220
  formants vwl_en_wm/i
  after w w/wi2
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme O:
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (o)
  length 240
  formants vowel/oo_1
  reduceto @  0
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme O@
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (@)
  length 240
  formants vowel/o
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme O
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (o)
  length 150
  formants vowel/o
  reduceto @  0
endphoneme


phoneme u:
  vowel  starttype (u)  endtype (u)
  length 200
  formants vdiph/@u
//  before l/ vwl_en/u:L2-40+L/uL
endphoneme


phoneme aU
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (u)
  length 230
  formants vdiph/eeu_3
endphoneme


phoneme oU
  vowel  starttype (@)  endtype (u)
  length 220
  formants vdiph/Vu_2
endphoneme


phoneme aI
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (i)
  length 240
  formants vdiph/ooi_3
endphoneme


phoneme eI
  vowel  starttype (@)  endtype (i)
  length 210
  formants vdiph/@i_3
endphoneme


phoneme OI
  vowel  starttype (o)  endtype (i)
  length 230
  formants vdiph/oi
endphoneme


phoneme e@
  vowel  starttype (e)  endtype (@)
  length 240
  formants vowel/3_en
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme i@
  vowel  starttype (i)  endtype (@)
  length 240
  formants vdiph2/ii@_2
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme U@
  vowel  starttype (u)  endtype (@)
  length 200
  formants vdiph2/uu@
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme aI@
  vowel  starttype (a)  endtype (@)
  length 270
  formants vwl_en/aI@
  linkout r-
endphoneme


phoneme aU@
  vowel  starttype (a)   endtype (@)
  length 270
  formants vwl_en/aU@
  linkout r-
endphoneme