Remove duplication from list of IPA chars. Make list look better in '.html'.
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gadict HACKING guide.
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Document version.
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.. include:: VERSION.rst
Comment syntax convention.
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As 'dictd -c5' format does not support comment syntax we filter out all
lines that start with '#'.
Register gadict dictionaries for dictd under Debian.
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::
$ su
$ cat >>etc/dictd/dictd.order <<EOF
gadict-dictabbr
/home/user/usr/share/dictd/
$ dictdconfig --write
$ /etc/init.d/dictd restart
$ ^D
$ dictdconfig --list
$ dict -d gadict-dictabbr v
IPA chars.
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Hare list of spetial IPA chars (code present in UTF-8 encoding)::
θ ð ʃ ŋ ʧ ʒ ı ɡ ː ˌ ˈ ˑ ˏ ˊ ˋ
æ ɑ ɒ ʌ ʊ ɒ ɛ ə ɜ ɔ ɪ є ɚ
You can copy/paste they in phonetic string.
TODO
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::
Front Central Back
long short long short long short
Close iː ɪ uː ʊ
Mid e ɜː ə ɔː
Open æ ʌ ɑː ɒ
Diphthong Triphthong
Closing Centring
/eɪ/ /ɪə/ /aɪə/
/aɪ/ /eə/ /ɑʊə/
/ɔɪ/ /ʊə/
/əʊ/
/aʊ/
Old vs. new transcription.
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From "Better English pronunciation."::
Old iː i e ɔː u uː ei ou ai au ɔi æ ɔ ʌ əː ɑː iə ɛə uə ə
New iː ɪ e ɔː ʊ uː eɪ əʊ aɪ aʊ ɔɪ æ ɒ ʌ ɜː ɑː ɪə eə ʊə ə
Also from wikipedia::
Old æ e əː ʌɪ ɑʊ ɛə
New a ɛ ɜː aɪ aʊ eə
Emacs.
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For entering IPA chars use IPA input method. To enable it type::
C-u C-\ ipa <enter>
All chars from alphabet typed as usual. To type special IPA chars use next key
bindings.
For vowel::
æ ae
ɑ o| (small letter o and ) or A (upper letter A)
ɒ |o () or /A
ʊ U (upper-letter-u)
ɛ /3 (slash three)
ɔ /c
ə /e
ʌ /v
ɪ I
For consonant::
θ th
ð dh
ʃ sh
ʒ zh or 3
ŋ ng
ɡ g
Special chars::
ː : (semicolon)
ˈ ' (quote)
ˌ ` (back quote)