Browse Source

docs/phonemes.md: move the remaining articulation diacritics to a new positioning diacritics section.

master
Reece H. Dunn 8 years ago
parent
commit
85f76b014b
1 changed files with 18 additions and 17 deletions
  1. 18
    17
      docs/phonemes.md

+ 18
- 17
docs/phonemes.md View File

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
- [Other Symbols](#other-symbols)
- [Gemination](#gemination)
- [Vowels](#vowels)
- [Positioning Diacritics](#positioning-diacritics)
- [Features](#features)
- [Air Flow](#air-flow)
- [Initiator](#initiator)
@@ -483,6 +484,23 @@ __NOTE:__ The `smh` vowels are more `cnt` than the other vowels. However, this
distinction is not needed to classify these vowels, so is not included in the
above table.

#### Positioning Diacritics

The following IPA diacritics are only used by eSpeak NG to fill out positions
in the IPA consonant and vowel charts. As such those phonemes are transcribed
according to the features at that position, not using the features at the
location of the base phoneme with a feature for each of the positioning
diacritics.

| Symbol | Name |
|--------|-----------------|
| ◌̟ | advanced |
| ◌̠ | retracted |
| ◌̈ | centralized |
| ◌̽ | mid-centralized |
| ◌̝ | raised |
| ◌̞ | lowered |

## Features

### Air Flow
@@ -698,23 +716,6 @@ Where fortis and lenis are used to contrast consonant durations (e.g. in
the Jawoyn, Ojibwe, and Zurich German languages<sup>\[<a href="#ref8">8</a>\]</sup>),
the [length](#length) suprasegmentals are used instead.

#### Articulation

The following IPA diacritics are only used by eSpeak NG to fill out positions
in the IPA consonant and vowel charts. As such those phonemes are transcribed
according to the features at that position, not using the features at the
location of the base phoneme with a feature for each of the positioning
diacritics.

| IPA | Name |
|-----|-----------------|
| ◌̟ | advanced |
| ◌̠ | retracted |
| ◌̈ | centralized |
| ◌̽ | mid-centralized |
| ◌̝ | raised |
| ◌̞ | lowered |

#### Co-articulation

| Feature | Kirshenbaum | IPA | Name |

Loading…
Cancel
Save