# Author: sascha@google.com (Sascha Brawer) # # Transformation from Latin (la) to its IPA transcription (la_FONIPA). # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Latin # # These rules follow the Wikipedia description of the presumed pronunciation # of Classical Latin. This is different from Medieval Latin, and it is also # different from the ecclesiastical pronunciation used by the Roman Catholic # church. ::Lower; ::NFC; $vowel = [aáàăāeéèĕēiíìĭīoóòŏōuúùŭūæœ]; $end_of_word = [$ ]; ae → aj; av → aw; æ → aj; # 19th century English orthography ā → aː; [aáàă] → a; b → b; ch → kʰ; # Greek loanwoards c → k; d → d; ev → ew; ē → eː; [eéèĕ] → ɛ; f → f; {g} n → ŋ; # eg. agnus g → ɡ; h → h; ī → iː; {[iíìĭ]} $vowel → j; # eg. cuius [iíìĭ] → ɪ; k → k; l → l; m → m; {n} [bpfm] → m; # eg. infirmus {n} [gckq] → ŋ; # eg. quinque n → n; œ → oj; # 19th century English orthography oe → oj; ō → oː; [oóòŏ] → ɔ; ph → pʰ; # Greek loanwords p → p; qu → kʷ; qv → kʷ; rh → rʰ; # Greek loanwords r → r; s → s; th → tʰ; # Greek loanwords t → t; ū → uː; [uúùŭ] → ʊ; {v} $vowel → w; v → u; xs → ks; # Old Latin spelling x → ks; y → y; # Greek loanwords z → d͡z; # eg. zerum ::Null; # Gemination of double consonants. # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation#Double_consonants bb → bː; dd → dː; ɡɡ → ɡː; hh → hː; kk → kː; ll → lː; mm → mː; nn → nː; pp → pː; rr → rː; ss → sː; tt → tː; # Velarization of [l]. # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_spelling_and_pronunciation#cite_note-20 {l} [^aeɛiouː] → ɫ; ::NFC;