//====================================================
//  Bengali, inherits from Hindi
//====================================================


phoneme V  // inherent vowel, can be [O] or [o]
  vowel flag1 starttype #o  endtype #o
  length 200

  IF thisPh(isWordEnd) AND prevPhW(isNotVowel) AND prev2PhW(isVowel) THEN
    ChangePhoneme(NULL)
  ENDIF

  IF thisPh(isFirstVowel) THEN
    IF nextVowel(i) OR nextVowel(u) THEN
      ChangePhoneme(o)
    ENDIF
    
    IF prevPhW(r) AND nextVowel(isVowel) THEN
      IF nextVowel(isWordEnd) AND nextVowel(V) THEN
      ELSE
        ChangePhoneme(o)
      ENDIF
    ENDIF  
  ENDIF

  ChangePhoneme(O)
endphoneme


phoneme a
  vowel starttype #a endtype #a
  length 225
  FMT(vowel/a_3)
endphoneme


phoneme i
  vowel starttype #i endtype #i
  length 210
  FMT(vowel/i_6)
endphoneme


phoneme u
  vowel starttype #u endtype #u
  length 210
  FMT(vowel/u)
endphoneme


phoneme e
  vowel starttype #e endtype #e
  length 210
  FMT(vowel/e)
endphoneme


phoneme &
  vowel starttype #a endtype #a
  length 210
  FMT(vowel/&_2)
endphoneme


phoneme o
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 210
  IF nextPhW(w) THEN
    length 170
  ENDIF
  FMT(vowel/o)
endphoneme


phoneme O
  vowel starttype #o endtype #o
  length 200
  FMT(vowel/oo_5)
endphoneme


phoneme tS
  import_phoneme base/tS
endphoneme


phoneme tS#
  import_phoneme base/tS
endphoneme


phoneme ~
  virtual
endphoneme