It: improvements tested on june 2016

Phonemes: fixed bad phoneme a before vowels,  improved unstressed a, unstressed o, set length for phoneme i

Added exceptions and review it_rules

dictsource/it_list

 
 // This file is UTF-8 encoded
-// Updated 2016 june 4 by Chris, Christian Leo M, <[email protected]>
+// Updated 2016 july 6 by Christian Leo M, <[email protected]>
 
 //  $alt   change [e] or [o] in the stressed syllable to [E] or [O]
 //  $alt2  change [E] or [O] in the stressed syllable to [e] or [o]
 remore	$1
 repubblicano	$4
 restio	@-*est'io
-retino	$2
 revoche	$1
 riavvia	@-*iav:'i#a
 riavvio	@-*iav:'IO
 (principi attivi)	p@-*intS'i:pI||at:'ivI
 (principi morali)	p@-*intS'i:pI||moR'alI
 (principi sociali)	p@-*intS'i:pI||sotS'alI
-(ciao ciao)	tS,a/o||tSao
+(ciao ciao)	tS,a/o||tS'a:o
 (un turbine)	un||_t'u@-*bine
 (gli auguri)	l^iaw2g'u:RI
 (pro capite)	p@-*ok'a:pIte
 cazzano	$2
 ceca	$alt
 champs	S'amps
+chambery	Samber'i
 chernobyl	tS'E@-*nobil
 chianciano	$2
 chicago	tSikago
+chorzow	x'OZuf
 cicciano	$2
 cilentano	$3
 ciociaria $3
 kenia  k'E:nia
 kosovo	$1
 kuwait	kw2'E:it[
+kurdistan	$1
 labrador	$1
 laconi $1
 langarolo	$3	$alt2
 seui	$2
 seul $2 $only
 seychelles	seIS'El
-siberia	s,ib'E:Ri;a
+siberia	s,ib'ERi;a
 simpliciano	$3
+siniscola	$3 $alt2
 sinnai	$1
 sinai	s'i:naI
 sizzano	$2
 caino	ka'i:no/
 caligola	$2
 camilleri	$3
+Cancelleri	$3 $only
 carey	_^_en
 carmel	$2
 cassano	$2
 chiamano	$1
 chiamino	$1
 chiudano	$1
+cibano	$1
 circolano	$1
 circolino	$1
 circondino	$2
 causatoci	$3
 cercal	$1
 cercasi	$1
+chiediti	$1
 chiuditi	kj'uditI
 cliccal	$1
 cliccaci	$1
+compiersi	$1
 compil	$2
 comunicacel	$2
 comunical	$2

dictsource/it_listx

 celebre$1
 celiachia	$4
 celibe $1
-celine  $alt2
 cellole  $alt2
 cembal $1
 cembr  $alt
 cen  $alt2
-cene  $alt2
 cened $1  $alt
 cenerentol  $alt
 cenn  $alt2
 cerchi  $alt2
 cerchia  $alt2
 cercine  $alt2
-cercoceb  $alt
-cercol  $alt2
-cercopitec  $alt
 cerei	$1
+cernita	$1
 cernobbi  $alt
 cerveteri $2  $alt
 ces  $alt
 cet  $alt
 cetnici  $alt
 cetr  $alt2
-cezanne $1  $alt2
-chambery  $alt2
 cheliceri $2
 cheope $1
 cheradi $1
 chiod $2  $alt
 chirogaleo $3
 chiropote  $alt
-chiudiletter  $alt
-chiusavecchia  $alt
-chorzow $2
 ciane  tS'iane
 ciano  tS'iano
 cicalio	$3
 cistifellea $3
 citoscheletr $3
 cittadine	$3
-cittanov  $alt
 civit $1
 clamidofor $3
 clausol $1
 kairos $2
 kampuchea  $alt2
 kapok $2  $alt
-karate $3  $alt
+karate $3
 kayak $2
 kea  $alt2
 kefir  $alt
 residue	$2
 resin $1
 respons  $alt
-rete  $alt2
-retin $1
+ret	$alt2
+retin	$1
+retino	$2
+retini	$2
 retinol $3
 retorbid  $alt2
 retore $1

dictsource/it_rules

 
 // Italian translation rules
 // This file is UTF-8 encoded
-// Last update: 2016 june 1 by Chris <[email protected]>
+// Last update: 2016 july 6 by Chris <[email protected]>
 // letter groups
 // A  any vowel
 // C  any consonant
 	e (vi_	E
 	e (vo_	E
 	@) e (volA_	'e
-		e (zA    E
-		CC) eggia (no_	'EdZ:a
+	e (zA	E
+	CC) eggia (no_	'EdZ:a
 	C) ender (L04_	'ende@-*  // Pron.s verbs
 	C) erder (L04_	'E@-*de@-*
-	esser (L04_		'EsseR
+	esser (L04_	'EsseR
 	_) ecco (L04	'Ek:o
 		ete (L04_	'ete
 	fl) etter (L04_	'Et:e@-*
 	e (lano_	'e
 
 .group f
-		f	f
-		ff	f:
+	f	f
+	ff	f:
 	@A)	f (ilo_  =f
 	i)	f (erA_	=f
 	fobi (A_	fob'i;
 	ferma (L07_	f'e@-*ma/
 
 .group g
-		g	g
-		gg	g:
-		gh	g
-		g (Y	dZ
-		gi (A	dZ
-		gi (a_	dZ'i#  // [i] only if stressed
-		gì (a_	dZ'i#  // [i] only if stressed
+	g	g
+	gg	g:
+	gh	g
+	g (Y	dZ
+	gi (A	dZ
+	gi (a_	dZ'i#  // [i] only if stressed
+	gì (a_	dZ'i#  // [i] only if stressed
 	al) gie (_	dZ'iE
 	@Ar) gie (_	dZ'iE
 	fa) gie (_	dZ'iE
 	go) gie (_	dZ'iE
 	ple) gie (_	dZ'iE
 	rra) gie (_	dZ'iE
-		lo) gi (e_	dZ'i#
+	lo) gi (e_	dZ'i#
 	n)	gi (a_	dZ
-		gg (Y	dZ:
-		ggi (A  dZ:
-	@) gger (L04_ =dZ:e@-*  // Pron.s verbs
+	gg (Y	dZ:
+	ggi (A	dZ:
+	@) gger (L04_	=dZ:e@-*  // Pron.s verbs
 	AC) ger (L04_	=dZe@-*
 	esi) ger (L04_	=dZe@-*
 	eri) ger (L04_	=dZe@-*
-		_) giura (L07_	dZ'URa
+	_) giura (L07_	dZ'URa
 	godi (L04_	g'Odi
-		gl (i	l^
-		gl (ì	l^
-		gli (A  l^
+	gl (i	l^
+	gl (ì	l^
+	gli (A	l^
 	_)	gl	gl
 	@) glier (L04_	=l^E@-*
 	@) guer (L04_	=gUe@-*
-		gn	n^
+	gn	n^
 	@) gn (A_	n^;
 	a) gn (A_	n^:
-		gu (A   gw
-	guono (_	=gw2ono   / verbs
+	gu (A	gw
+	guono (_	=gw2ono   // verbs
 	o) gnano (_	=n^ano
 	A) gnano (_	n^'ano   // exceptions
 	@) ginano(_	=dZinano   // verbs
 	guai (scA_	gw2a'i:
 
 .group h
-		h
+	h
 	_)	ha      h'a
-	_)	hà      h'a
+	_)	hà	h'a
 
 .group i
-		i	i
-		i (A	j
-	zz) ia (@	ia
+	i	i
+	i (A	j
 	@) ii (_	'I:j
-	l)	i (A	%i
+	l) i (A	%i
 	r)	i (A	%i
 	_C) ie (_	'ie
-		i (o    i
-		i (ò	i
-		i (ó	i
-        @)      ia (_   =i%a
-	@)	ià (_	i'a
-	X)	ia (_	'ia
-	af)	ia (_	'ia
-	af)	ie (_	'ie
-	fon)	ia (_	'ia
-	scop)	ia (_	'ia
+	i (o    i
+	i (ò	i
+	i (ó	i
+	@) ia (_	=i%a
+	@) ià (_	j'a
+	X) ia (_	'ia
+	af) ia (_	'ia
+	af) ie (_	'ie
+	fon) ia (_	'ia
+	scop) ia (_	'ia
 	scop) ie (_	'ie
-	er)	ia (_	'ia
-	er)	ie (_	'ie
-	gor)	ia (_   'ia
-	metr)	ia (_	'ia
-	metr)	ie (_	'ie
-	t)	ia (_	'ia
+	er) ia (_	'ia
+	er) ie (_	'ie
+	gor) ia (_	'ia
+	metr) ia (_	'ia
+	metr) ie (_	'ie
+	t) ia (_	'ia
 	t) ie (_	'ie
-        @)      io (_S1q   =i%o
-	a)	i (+	j
-	à)	i (+	j
+        @)      io (_S1q   =i%o // ?
+	a) i (+	j
+	à) i (+	j
 	o)	i (+	j
-	@C)	i (_S1q  i     // lookup it_list without suffix
-        @)      i (Ante_   i
-		i (acA_   'i
+	@C) i (_S1q	i  // lookup it_list without suffix
+	@) i (Ante_	i
+	i (acA_	'i
 	i (ache_	'i
-		i (asi_   'i
-	@)	i (bile_  'i
-	@)	i (cA_	  =i
+	i (asi_	'i
+	@)	i (bile_	'i
+	@) i (cA_	=i
 	ele%tr) ici (_	=itSi
 	centr) ici (_	=itSi
 	metr) ici (_	=itSi
-	tr)	i (cY_     i
+	tr) i (cY_	 // ?i
 	if) ici (_	'itSi
-	@)	i (chA_   =i
-        @)      i (dA_    =i
-        @)      i (dere_  'i
-	@)	ie (rA_    i'E
-	@)	ié (rA_    i'E
-		i (genA_  'i
-	c)	i (lA_    =i
-	g)	i (lA_    =i
-	ss)	i (lA_    =i
-	b)	i (le_    =i
-	m)	i (le_    =i
-		i (lA_    =i
+	@) i (chA_	=i
+	@) i (dA_	=i
+	@) i (dere_	'i
+	@)	ie (rA_	i'E
+	i (genA_	'i
+	c) i (lA_	=i
+	g) i (lA_	=i
+	ss) i (lA_	=i
+	b) i (le_	=i
+	m) i (le_	=i
+	i (lA_	=i
 	@) i (mA_	=i
 	laCr) i (mA_	=i
 	pr) i (mA_	   'i
-		inas (_   'inas
+	inas (_	'inas
 	@g) in (Y_	=in
 	c) ine (_	=ine
 	d) ine (_	=ine
 	im) in	(Y_	=in
 	@) issim (A_	'issim
 	@)	issero(_S6q	'isse*o
-	ip) i (te_    =i
+	ip) i (te_	=i
 	C) iad (Y_	'iad
 	@) iono (_	=iono
 	ite (L04_	'ite  // Pron.s verbs

phsource/ph_italian

 
 //====================================================
-//  Italian, last update 4 june 2016 by Chris <[email protected]>
+//  Italian, last update 5 july 2016 by Chris <[email protected]>
 //====================================================
 
 phoneme : //  Lengthen previous vowel by "length"
   IF thisPh(isWordEnd) AND prevPhW(t) AND thisPh(isStressed) THEN
     FMT(vowel/a)
     ENDIF
-  IF nextPhW(o/) THEN
-        FMT(vowel/a_2)
-  ENDIF
-  IF prevPhW(isVowel) OR prevPhW(j) THEN
-    FMT(vowel/a, 90)
+  IF nextPhW(o/) OR prevPhW(isVowel) OR prevPhW(j) THEN
+    FMT(vowel/a)
   ENDIF
   FMT(vwl_it/a)
 endphoneme
 
 phoneme a/
   vowel starttype #a endtype #a
-  length 145
+  length 150
+  IF prevPhW(l) THEN
+    FMT(vowel/a_7, 80)
+  ENDIF
   IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
-    FMT(vowel/a_7, 75)
+    FMT(vowel/a_8, 70)
+  ENDIF
+  IF thisPh(isWordStart) THEN
+    FMT(vwl_it/a, 85)
   ENDIF
-  FMT(vowel/a_8)
+  FMT(vowel/a_8, 80)
 endphoneme
 
 
   vowel starttype #e endtype #e
   length 155
   ChangeIfNotStressed(e/)
-  FMT(vowel/e_2, 80)
+  FMT(vowel/e_2)
 endphoneme
 
 phoneme e/
 
 phoneme i
   vowel starttype #i endtype #i
-  length 145
+  length 155
   IfNextVowelAppend(;)
-
-   IF thisPh(isWordEnd) AND thisPh(isNotStressed) AND NOT prevPhW(E) THEN
-   ChangePhoneme(I)
-   ENDIF
+  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) AND thisPh(isNotStressed) AND NOT prevPhW(E) THEN
+    ChangePhoneme(I)
+  ENDIF
   FMT(vwl_it/i)
 endphoneme
 
-
 phoneme i#    // Used for 'gia_' where [i] is only spoken if stressed
   vowel starttype #i endtype #i
   length 145
   ChangePhoneme(i)
 endphoneme
 
-
 phoneme I
   vowel starttype #i endtype #i
   length 140
   IF nextPhW(isNasal) OR nextPhW(isLiquid) THEN
     FMT(vwl_it/o_open, 80)
   ENDIF
-  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) THEN
+  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) AND NOT prevPhW(a) THEN
     FMT(vwl_it/o, 65)
   ENDIF
-    FMT(vowel/o)
+    FMT(vowel/o, 90)
 endphoneme
 
 phoneme O