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Fix Elvish ⟨e⟩, ⟨é⟩, ⟨ê⟩ vowels

⟨e⟩ almost certainly always represents [ɛ], not [e]. Appendix E of The
Lord of the Rings describes it as the sound in English “were”, and I’m
not aware of any English dialect that pronounces “were” with an [e].

In Quenya, long ⟨é⟩ (and, presumably, ⟨ê⟩) is, according to Appendix E,
“tenser and ‘closer’”, which I assume means [e]. Several online sources
agree with this as well.

In Sindarin, Appendix E is quite clear that ⟨é⟩ has “the same quality”
as ⟨e⟩, only differring from it in length: I assume this must mean that
⟨é⟩ is [ɛː] in Sindarin. The online information on this is confusing and
sometimes contradictory even within the same page; several sources claim
that Sindarin has an [eː], but I have not seen this claim substantiated
with a source from Tolkien, and I suspect it’s simply a confusion with
Quenya. It scarcely matters, anyway: Sindarin words with ⟨é⟩ or ⟨ê⟩ seem
to be pretty rare. (I’m aware of a single word with an ⟨é⟩ – the name
Eluréd, son of Dior – and the Omikhleia Sindarin dictionary [1] features
some words with ⟨ê⟩, giving their pronunciation with [ɛː].)

The [[EI]] phoneme for Sindarin ⟨ei⟩ is copied from the base2 phonemes.

[1]: https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/index.html
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Lucas Werkmeister 4 years ago
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@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
ð D

.group e
e e
e E
eu (+ EU
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
e (L01X =e
e (CL01X =e
e (L01X =E
e (CL01X =E

.group é
é e:

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@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@
ð D

.group e
e e
ei (+ eI
e E
ei (+ EI
// light penultimate syllable: put stress on antepenultimate
e (L01X =e
e (CL01X =e
e (L01X =E
e (CL01X =E

.group é
é e:
é E:

.group ê
ê e::
ê E::

.group f
f f

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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ phoneme aI
FMT(vdiph/ai)
endphoneme

phoneme EI
vwl starttype #e endtype #i
length 230
FMT(vdiph/eei)
endphoneme

phoneme uI
vwl starttype #u endtype #i
length 290

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@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ S'a
'OksidU
p'or-
z'&~Ng&U~_:_: ,E*&U~ p,&l'avR&Z dU p,u*@-tug'es#" "Luís argüia à Júlia que «brações, fé, chá, óxido, pôr, zângão» eram palavras do português." "Latn"
test_phon qya ",aInul'Indal,e ald'INga aNk'alIm,a and'u:RIl at'akwe k,alak'IRja k,uIvI;'e:nen ,eaR'endIl el'endIl ,elent'a:RI; el'essaR 'eNkwI;,e e'onwe eR'esse,a h,elkaR'akse w#'esta C'aRmen Is'IlduR m'axtan nam'a:RI;,e n,u:men'o:Re 'oRom,e ot'okwe pel'o:RI s'aURon tan'Ikwet,Il t,elum'eCtaR tuR'ambaR und'o:mI;,el ut'umno" "Ainulindalë aldinga ancalima Andúril ataquë Calacirya Cuiviénen Eärendil Elendil Elentári Elessar enquië Eönwe Eressëa Helcaraxë hwesta Hyarmen Isildur Mahtan Namárië Númenórë Orome otoquë Pelóri Sauron Taniquetil Telumehtar Turambar Undómiel Utumno" "Quenya"
test_phon qya ",aInul'Indal,E ald'INga aNk'alIm,a and'u:RIl at'akwE k,alak'IRja k,uIvI;'e:nEn ,EaR'EndIl El'EndIl ,ElEnt'a:RI; El'EssaR 'ENkwI;,E E'onwE ER'EssE,a h,ElkaR'aksE w#'Esta C'aRmEn Is'IlduR m'axtan nam'a:RI;,E n,u:mEn'o:RE 'oRom,E ot'okwE pEl'o:RI s'aURon tan'IkwEt,Il t,Elum'ECtaR tuR'ambaR und'o:mI;,El ut'umno" "Ainulindalë aldinga ancalima Andúril ataquë Calacirya Cuiviénen Eärendil Elendil Elentári Elessar enquië Eönwe Eressëa Helcaraxë hwesta Hyarmen Isildur Mahtan Namárië Númenórë Orome otoquë Pelóri Sauron Taniquetil Telumehtar Turambar Undómiel Utumno" "Quenya"
test_phon ro "m,uzikol'og@_! yn b'eZ v'ynd wh'iski Si tekw'ila
p@-*'ets f'iks" "Muzicologă în bej vând whisky și tequila, preț fix." "Latn"
test_phon ru "Syr'okVja E#l;ikt@-r;if;ik'Atsyja 'juZnyx gub;'ern;ij d'Ast m'oS;nyj tVltS;'ok pVdj'8mu s;'elskVvV xVz;'Ajstva#" "Широкая электрификация южных губерний даст мощный толчок подъёму сельского хозяйства." "Cyrl"
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ test_phon sd "s'Indhi b'o:li; 'Ind.o: jo:R'Vpi xa:nd'a:n s'a~: t[a:l'Vq R,@k#@nd
J'Vnhn t['e: ,aRb'i: bo:l'i:;a J'o: b'I t[@m'a:m v'Vd.o: as'VR ,a:he:
h'Ina v'aqt s'Indhi b'o:li s'Indh J'e: m'Vk# b'o:li_! 'ae~ d,@f@t['VRi z@b'a:n ,a:he:" "سنڌي ٻولي انڊو يورپي خاندان سان تعلق رکندڙ آريائي ٻولي آھي، جنھن تي عربي ٻوليءَ جو بہ تمام وڏو اثر آهي. هن وقت سنڌي ٻولي سنڌ جي مک ٻولي ۽ دفتري زبان آھي." "Arab"
test_phon si "t'aw@t st#'a:n@ k'i:p@j,@kin w'a:rta: w'u: s'ul.u p'ipiri:m s'ah@ d'e:s@p,a:l@n@ p'akS@ k r'ija:k,a:ri:n 'at@r@ '&tiwu: g'&t.um h'e:tuwen 'ek 'ajeku m'ij@gos k'i:p@ d'eneku t'uwa:l@ l'aba: t'ibe:" "තවත් ස්ථාන කීපයකින් වාර්තා වූ සුළු පිපිරීම් සහ දේශපාලන පක්ෂ ක්‍රියාකාරීන් අතර ඇතිවූ ගැටුම් හේතුවෙන් එක් අයෙකු මියගොස් කීප දෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා තිබේ." "Sinh"
test_phon sjn "'alf 'aman 'amaRT 'amon 'aRag,oRn aRn'OIdI;,ad 'aRved,uI bel'eRI;,and b'oRom,IR bRag'ollaX bR'eTIl bRIT'ombaR bR'uInen k'aIR kaR'aDRas k,elebR'i:an kRIss'aEgRIm d'eneT,oR dR'eNgIst d'u::n ekT'elI;,on 'emyn eR'I;ad,oR f'ean,oR fInd'uIlas f'INgon fINg'olfIn fIn'aRfIn f'oRoX,el g'alaD,on gal'adRI;,el gR'ond gw'aIhIR w#'and j'aRwaIn 'ImladR,Is j'oReT IT'IlI;,en l#'u::n loTl'o:RI;,en m'enegR,oT mIT'eITel mITR'andIR moR'annon m'oRI;,a n'aRgoTR,ond oR'offIn osg'IlI;,aT pal'anti:R p,alant'i:RI pel'ennoR p,eRI;'annaT hR'u::n sIl'IvRen ToR'ondoR" "alph Aman Amarth Amon Aragorn Arnoediad Arvedui Beleriand Boromir Bragollach Brethil Brithombar Bruinen Cair Caradhras Celebrían Crissaegrim Denethor Drengist dûn Ecthelion Emyn Eriador Fëanor Finduilas Fingon Fingolfin Finarfin Forochel Galadhon Galadriel Grond Gwaihir hwand Iarwain Imladris Ioreth Ithilien lhûn Lothlórien Menegroth Mitheithel Mithrandir Morannon Moria Nargothrond Orophin Osgiliath Palantír Palantíri Pelennor Periannath rhûn Silivren Thorondor" "Sindarin"
test_phon sjn "'alf 'aman 'amaRT 'amon 'aRag,oRn aRn'OIdI;,ad 'aRvEd,uI bEl'ERI;,and b'oRom,IR bRag'ollaX bR'ETIl bRIT'ombaR bR'uInEn k'aIR kaR'aDRas k,ElEbR'i:an kRIss'aEgRIm d'EnET,oR dR'ENgIst d'u::n EkT'ElI;,on 'Emyn ER'I;ad,oR f'Ean,oR fInd'uIlas f'INgon fINg'olfIn fIn'aRfIn f'oRoX,El g'alaD,on gal'adRI;,El gR'ond gw'aIhIR w#'and j'aRwaIn 'ImladR,Is j'oRET IT'IlI;,En l#'u::n loTl'o:RI;,En m'EnEgR,oT mIT'EITEl mITR'andIR moR'annon m'oRI;,a n'aRgoTR,ond oR'offIn osg'IlI;,aT pal'anti:R p,alant'i:RI pEl'EnnoR p,ERI;'annaT hR'u::n sIl'IvREn ToR'ondoR" "alph Aman Amarth Amon Aragorn Arnoediad Arvedui Beleriand Boromir Bragollach Brethil Brithombar Bruinen Cair Caradhras Celebrían Crissaegrim Denethor Drengist dûn Ecthelion Emyn Eriador Fëanor Finduilas Fingon Fingolfin Finarfin Forochel Galadhon Galadriel Grond Gwaihir hwand Iarwain Imladris Ioreth Ithilien lhûn Lothlórien Menegroth Mitheithel Mithrandir Morannon Moria Nargothrond Orophin Osgiliath Palantír Palantíri Pelennor Periannath rhûn Silivren Thorondor" "Sindarin"
test_phon sk "k'r:d;el^ St;'astni:Q d;'atl^ow 'utSi: pR'i;u:st;i: v'a:hu m'l:kveho k'on^a 'ophRi:zat; k'uoRu_:_: a ZR'at; tS'eRstve: m'eso
p'et;ti:Zdn^,ove: v'l:tSata: n'eRvo:zn^e St;'ekaju: n'amu,ojho d;'atl^a_! v_ t'r:n^i:" "Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso. Päťtýždňové vĺčatá nervózne štekajú na môjho ďatľa v tŕní." "Latn"
test_phon sl "xiSn'i:tSin bR'a:tEts uzg'a:ja p'o:wZE p'o:t fik'u:sOm" "Hišničin bratec vzgaja polže pod fikusom." "Latn"

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