HomoFast-eSpeak-Persian/phsource/ph_portuguese

//====================================================
//  Portuguese/Portugal  - based on Portuguese/Brazil
//====================================================



phoneme &
  vowel starttype (@) endtype (@)
  length 180
  formants vowel/a#_3
  unstressed
endphoneme

phoneme &/       // Used for final "a" when next word starts with "a"
  vowel starttype (@) endtype (@)
  beforevowel NULL
  length 180
  formants vowel/a#_3
endphoneme

phoneme a
  vowel starttype (a) endtype (a)
  length 180
  formants vowel/a_2
  reduceto &  4
endphoneme

phoneme &~
  vowel  starttype (e) endtype (@)
  length 240
  formants vnasal/ee_n2
endphoneme



phoneme E
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
  length 170
  formants vowel/e_mid
  reduceto y  2
endphoneme

phoneme e
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
  length 160
  formants vowel/e
  reduceto y  2
endphoneme

phoneme y
  vowel starttype (@) endtype (@)
  length 100
  formants vowel/i#_5
endphoneme


phoneme i
  vowel starttype (i) endtype (i)
  length 150
  formants vowel/i
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme i/            // changes to NULL before a vowel
  vowel starttype (i) endtype (i)
  beforevowel NULL
  length 100
  formants vowel/i#_5
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme O
  vowel starttype (o) endtype (o)
  length 170
  formants vowel/0_2
//  reduceto o  4
endphoneme


phoneme o
  vowel starttype (o) endtype (o)
  length 170
  formants vowel/o
  reduceto u  2
endphoneme


phoneme u
  vowel starttype (u) endtype (u)
  length 160
  formants vowel/u_6
endphoneme

phoneme U
  vowel starttype (u) endtype (u)
  length 100
  beforevowel w
  formants vowel/u_6
endphoneme


phoneme EU
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (u)
  length 220
  formants vdiph/eeu_2
endphoneme



phoneme w
  starttype w  endtype w
  liquid
  length 100
  beforenotvowel w/
  lengthmod 7
  formants w/w2
  after _  w/w2
endphoneme



phoneme x      // [r] for Portugal
  liquid
//  vcd uvl frc
  vowelin f1=0  f2=1500 -400 400  f3=-400 80
  length 100
  lengthmod 7
  beforenotvowel r/
  trill
  formants vwl_fr/@R+r3/rx%120
endphoneme