General American¶
This could be used to denote pronunciations.
Sample: A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. A quek broun fox jumps owvr th layzee dug.
Nucleus¶
u |
ay |
y |
oy |
ee |
ae |
oe |
-n |
o |
ai |
ou |
ow |
e |
a |
oo |
-m |
r |
air |
our |
or |
eer |
ar |
oor |
-l |
Note
Reduced vowels in the close unrounded area (/ɨ/, [ɨ̞]) is written as ⟨e⟩.
E.g. ⟨Rosa’s vs roses⟩ becomes ⟨Rozaz vs rozez⟩.
Reduced vowels in the close rounded area (/ɵ/) is written as ⟨o⟩.
The ⟨o⟩ in ⟨Korea⟩ is reduced while it’s still rounded, so it’s written as ⟨Koreea⟩.
Comparison to Merriam-Webster’s¶
‘ə/ə |
ā |
ī |
ȯi |
ē |
a |
ü |
n |
ə |
e |
au̇ |
ō |
i |
ä |
u̇ |
l |
ər |
er |
au̇r |
ȯr |
ir |
är |
u̇r |
m |
⟨œ⟩ and ⟨ᵫ⟩ are only used for completely foreign words.
Comparison to English IPA (Wikipedia)¶
‘ʌ/ə |
eɪ |
aɪ |
ɔɪ |
iː |
æ |
uː |
-n |
ə(ɵ) |
ɛ |
aʊ |
oʊ |
ɪ/ə(ɨ) |
ɑː(ɔː) |
ʊ |
-l |
ər |
ɛər |
aʊər |
ɔər |
ɪər |
ɑːr |
ʊər |
-m |
⟨ɜːr⟩, ⟨ær⟩, ⟨ʊr⟩, ⟨ɪr⟩, ⟨ɔːr⟩, ⟨ɑr⟩, ⟨ʌr⟩, and ⟨ɛr⟩ are not distinctive in General American.
Examples¶
culture |
shade |
shy |
boy |
sheep |
shaggy |
shoe |
Alan |
cultchr |
shayd |
shy |
boy |
sheep |
shaeggy |
shoe |
Aln |
Korea |
shed |
shout |
show |
ship |
schwa |
cushion |
camel |
Koreea |
shaid |
shout |
show |
shep |
shwa |
cooshen |
caml |
her |
share |
hour |
shore |
sheer |
shark |
sure |
rhythm |
hr |
shair |
hour |
shor |
sheer |
shark |
shoor |
rethm |
Else¶
b, |
d, |
qu, |
g, |
p, |
th, |
t, |
k, |
v, |
j, |
z, |
zh, |
f, |
tch, |
s, |
sh, |
m, |
n, |
rj (ng) / r (rj), |
l, |
w, |
h, |
y, |
x |
Contributing¶
Whomever wishes to contribute may.
License¶
Apache License 2.0
Project status¶
Not very active