Latvian language improvements

dictsource/lv_list

 ///////////////////
 as      $abbrev
 asv     ,a:_:,ess_!v'e:_:
+ano     'ano:
 ba      $abbrev
 bba     $abbrev
 co      $abbrev

dictsource/lv_rules

 
 .group d
            d               d
-           dz              Dz<
-           dž              DZ<
+           dz              Dz`
+           dž              DZ`
            dž (L61         DZ
 
 .group e
 
 .group k
            k               k
+           k (ļ            k}       // tiny pause between k and ļ
 
 .group ķ
            ķ               c
-           ķ (L55          c.       // tiny pause for sharper sound before short vowels
+           ķ (L55          c}       // tiny pause for sharper sound before short vowels
 
 .group l
       L56) l (@           >l         // short vowels (or diphthongs) before
         o) l (@           :l         // short vowels before
      CL57) l (@           :l         // long vowels before
            l               l
-           ll              lll       // espeak says doubled ll shorter than doubled ļļ
+           ll (++          ll       // espeak says doubled ll shorter than doubled ļļ
         C) l (C            l-        // more voiced variant between consonants
 
 .group ļ
 
 .group o
    //  default policy rules
-       _C) o (_+           uo<       // shorter version of uo for particles
+       _C) o (_+           o`        // shorter version of uo for particles
         o) o               o:        // in ..oo.. second o is spelled as ō
            o ($w_alt++     o         // $alt words in lv_list are spelled as o
            o (_$w_alt1+    o:        // o at the end of internationalisms ($alt1) words is spelled as ō
            o (L44+         uo        // uo postfixes
 
    //  Prefixes
-       _n) o               uo<       // shorter uo for prefix
+       _n) o               o`        // shorter uo for prefix
 
    //  international prefixes
     _femt) o               o
         v) ol (u           ol
         z) ol (it          ol 
        @z) ol (L01_        o:l       // ..zols
-        z) ol (L05_        uo>l      // ..zole
+        z) ol (L05_        uol      // ..zole
 
 .group om
        an) om              om
      daig) on              uon
      dail) on              uon
      dalt) on              o:n
+        d) on (ald         on
         d) on (k           oN
        _d) on (L04_        uon       // dona
         d) on (n           onn

phsource/ph_latvian

   FMT(vdiph2/uaa, 100)
 endphoneme
 
-phoneme uo<       // shorter version of uo
+phoneme o`       // shorter version of uo
   vowel starttype #u endtype #a
   length 180
   long
 endphoneme
 
 
-phoneme z<  // Shortened version of z for diphthong dz
+phoneme z`  // Shortened version of z for diphthong dz
   vcd alv frc sibilant
   voicingswitch s
   length 10
   FMT(voc/z, 110) addWav(ufric/s_, 100)
 endphoneme
 
-phoneme Z< // Shortened version of Z for diphthong dZ
+phoneme Z` // Shortened version of Z for diphthong dZ
   vcd pla frc sibilant
   voicingswitch S
   length 30
 
 phoneme >  // lengthen previous vowel less than using ":"
   virtual
-  length 20 // it actually seems working shorter as 20ms, but anyway...
+  length 30 // it actually seems working shorter, but anyway...
 endphoneme
 
-phoneme . // Tiny, 5ms non-linked pause (used between phonemes in word)
+phoneme } // Tiny, 5ms non-linked pause (used between phonemes in word)
   pause
-  starttype _ endtype _
-  lengthmod 1
+//  starttype _ endtype _
+//  lengthmod 1
   nolink
   length 5
 endphoneme