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# File: tlh_tlh_FONIPA.txt
# Generated from CLDR
#

# Transformation from Klingon (tlh) to its IPA transcription (tlh_FONIPA).
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language#Phonology
# http://www.kli.org/tlh/sounds.html
::NFC;
tlh → t\u0361ɬ;
# Dipthongs as per http://www.kli.org/tlh/sounds.html. For those that
# exist in English, we following the American English pronunciation.
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#English
aw → aʊ\u032F; # similar to English ‹cow›
ew → ɛʊ\u032F; # does not exist in English
Iw → ɪʊ\u032F; # des not exist English
ay → aɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹why›
ey → eɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹may›
Iy → ɪː; # KLI says like English ‹key›, which is not a diphthong
oy → oɪ\u032F; # KLI says English ‹boy›, which would be [ɔɪ\u032F], but ‹o› is [o]
uy → uɪ\u032F; # similar to English ‹gooey› but in on syllable
ch → t\u0361ʃ;
gh → ɣ;
ng → ŋ;
p → pʰ;
t → tʰ;
q → qʰ;
’ → ʔ;
\' → ʔ;
b → b;
D → ɖ;
Q → q\u0361χ;
j → d\u0361ʒ;
S → ʂ;
H → x;
v → v;
m → m;
n → n;
r → r;
w → w;
l → l;
y → j;
a → ɑ;
e → ɛ;
I → ɪ;
o → o;
u → u;
\- → ;
::NFC;