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4 # File: la_la_FONIPA.txt
8 # Transformation from Latin (la) to its IPA transcription (la_FONIPA).
9 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation
10 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Latin
12 # These rules follow the Wikipedia description of the presumed pronunciation
13 # of Classical Latin. This is different from Medieval Latin, and it is also
14 # different from the ecclesiastical pronunciation used by the Roman Catholic
18 $vowel = [aáàăāeéèĕēiíìĭīoóòŏōuúùŭūæœ];
22 æ → aj; # 19th century English orthography
26 ch → kʰ; # Greek loanwoards
33 {g} n → ŋ; # eg. agnus
37 {[iíìĭ]} $vowel → j; # eg. cuius
42 {n} [bpfm] → m; # eg. infirmus
43 {n} [gckq] → ŋ; # eg. quinque
45 œ → oj; # 19th century English orthography
49 ph → pʰ; # Greek loanwords
53 rh → rʰ; # Greek loanwords
56 th → tʰ; # Greek loanwords
62 xs → ks; # Old Latin spelling
64 y → y; # Greek loanwords
65 z → d\u0361z; # eg. zerum
67 # Gemination of double consonants.
68 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation#Double_consonants
81 # Velarization of [l].
82 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation#cite_note-20