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docs/phonemes.md: move the remaining articulation diacritics to a new positioning diacritics section.
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Reece H. Dunn
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| - [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 | | |||
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