//====================================================
//  Italian
//====================================================

phoneme : //  Lengthen previous vowel by "length"
  virtual
  length 50
endphoneme


phoneme a
  vowel starttype #a endtype #a
  length 180
  ChangeIfNotStressed(a/)
  FMT(vowel/a)
endphoneme


phoneme a/
  vowel starttype #@ endtype #@
  length 180
  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
    FMT(vowel/a#_4)
  ENDIF
  FMT(vowel/a_5)
endphoneme


phoneme e
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 170
  ChangeIfNotStressed(e/)
  FMT(vowel/e_2)
endphoneme

phoneme e/
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 170
  IF nextPhW(isNasal) OR nextPhW(isLiquid) THEN
    FMT(vowel/e_mid2)
  ELSE
    FMT(vowel/e)
  ENDIF
endphoneme



phoneme E
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 170
  ChangeIfUnstressed(e/)   // [E] only in stressed syllables ?
  FMT(vowel/e_mid)
endphoneme


phoneme i
  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
  length 140
  IfNextVowelAppend(;)
  FMT(vowel/i)
endphoneme


phoneme i#    // Used for 'gia_' where [i] is only spoken if stressed
  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
  length 140
  ChangeIfNotStressed(NULL)
  ChangePhoneme(i)
endphoneme


phoneme I
  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
  length 150
  IfNextVowelAppend(;)
  FMT(vowel/i_4)
endphoneme



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

phoneme o/
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 170
  IF nextPhW(isNasal) OR nextPhW(isLiquid) THEN
    FMT(vowel/oo_1)
  ELSE
    FMT(vowel/o)
  ENDIF
endphoneme


phoneme O
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 170
  ChangeIfUnstressed(o/)   // [O] only in stressed syllables ?
  FMT(vowel/oo_4)
endphoneme


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

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


phoneme aU
  vowel starttype #a endtype #o
  length 270
  FMT(vdiph/aoo)
endphoneme



phoneme aI
  vowel starttype #a endtype #i
  length 250
  FMT(vdiph/ai)
endphoneme


phoneme oI
  vowel starttype #o endtype #i
  length 230
  FMT(vdiph/oi)
endphoneme



// CONSONANTS
//===========

phoneme l^
  import_phoneme base/l^
  Length 140
endphoneme