icuSources/data/translit/tlh_tlh_FONIPA.txt

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   3 #
   4 # File: tlh_tlh_FONIPA.txt
   5 # Generated from CLDR
   6 #
   7
   8 # Transformation from Klingon (tlh) to its IPA transcription (tlh_FONIPA).
   9 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language#Phonology
  10 # http://www.kli.org/tlh/sounds.html
  11 ::NFC;
  12 tlh → t\u0361ɬ;
  13 # Dipthongs as per http://www.kli.org/tlh/sounds.html. For those that
  14 # exist in English, we following the American English pronunciation.
  15 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#English
  16 aw → aʊ\u032F; # similar to English ‹cow›
  17 ew → ɛʊ\u032F; # does not exist in English
  18 Iw → ɪʊ\u032F; # des not exist English
  19 ay → aɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹why›
  20 ey → eɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹may›
  21 Iy → ɪː; # KLI says like English ‹key›, which is not a diphthong
  22 oy → oɪ\u032F; # KLI says English ‹boy›, which would be [ɔɪ\u032F], but ‹o› is [o]
  23 uy → uɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹gooey› but in on syllable
  24 ch → t\u0361ʃ;
  25 gh → ɣ;
  26 ng → ŋ;
  27 p → pʰ;
  28 t → tʰ;
  29 q → qʰ;
  30 ’ → ʔ;
  31 \' → ʔ;
  32 b → b;
  33 D → ɖ;
  34 Q → q\u0361χ;
  35 j → d\u0361ʒ;
  36 S → ʂ;
  37 H → x;
  38 v → v;
  39 m → m;
  40 n → n;
  41 r → r;
  42 w → w;
  43 l → l;
  44 y → j;
  45 a → ɑ;
  46 e → ɛ;
  47 I → ɪ;
  48 o → o;
  49 u → u;
  50 \- → ;
  51 ::NFC;
  52