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7 # File: ro_FONIPA_ja.txt
11 # Transforms an IPA transcription of Romanian (ro_FONIPA) to Japanese Katakana.
12 $word_boundary = [-\ $] ;
13 $vowel = [aeiouw] ; # Vowels and glides
14 $not_vowel = [^$vowel] ;
17 # First pass: Collapse phonetic distinctions that are not preserved in Katakana.
23 ul } $word_boundary → u ;
35 # Main pass: Phoneme to Katakana conversion.
77 hi → ヒ ; # not backed by data
192 we → エ ; # not backed by data
193 wi → イ ; # not backed by data
194 wo → オ ; # not backed by data
195 wu → ウ ; # not backed by data