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7 # File: ky_ky_FONIPA.txt
11 # Transformation from Kyrgyz (ky) to its IPA transcription (ky_FONIPA).
12 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_alphabet#Correspondence_chart
15 $consonant_sound = [bdfɡklmnŋpqrʁsʃtvzʒχ];
22 дж → d\u0361ʒ; # eg. Джамадан
25 [$] {е} → je; # at the beginning of a word
27 ё → jo; # appears only in loanwords
34 [$] {к} [еёиɵүю] → ɡ; # eg. кирет, кишиден, келди
35 {к} [аоуы] → q; # eg. чокусу, факультетин, нукура
36 [ɑouɯ] ː? {к} → q; # eg. Исак, Бирок, Кутлук, Ферганалык
37 [y] $consonant_sound+ ː? {к} [$] → k; # eg. мүлк, түрк
38 $consonant_sound {к} [$] → q; # eg. даңк, калк, кырк
41 # TODO(sascha): Verify whether /lʲ/ is really phonemic in Kyrgyz;
42 # is there really a minimal pair with /l/ versus /lʲ/?
43 [eøy] ː? {л}к → lʲ; # eg. мүлк, күлкү, өлкө, эзелки
60 тч → t\u0361ʃ; # eg. екетчилерден
66 ф → f; # only in loanwords
68 ц → t\u0361s; # only in loanwords
71 щ → ʃ t\u0361ʃ; # only in loanwords
72 ъ → ; # no phonemic value; appears only in loanwords
74 ь → ; # no phonemic value; appears only in loanwords