# liblouis: International Phonetic Alphabet # Copyright (C) 2016 Ludovic Oger # This file is part of liblouis. # # liblouis is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as # published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the # License, or (at your option) any later version. # # liblouis is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # Lesser General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public # License along with liblouis. If not, see # . # This table contains braille codes for a part of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA, 2005). # WARNING! The IPA symbols in this table might conflict with other tables. (e.g. conflict: θ # (Unicode 03B8) is the greek letter theta, french braille code is different between greek # and phonetic) # WARNING! This table is not intended to be included in other tables. The symbol definitions that # are safe to include in other tables are collected in IPA-unicode-range.uti. # --------REFERENCES-------- # - IPA Braille: An Updated Tactile Representation of the International Phonetic Alphabet # Print Edition # Edited by Robert Englebretson, Ph.D. # Produced by CNIB # For the International Council on English Braille - 2008 # # (this reference document is reprinted in 'World Braille Usage - Third Edition - 2013 - Copyright (C) 1954, 1990 UNESCO') # # - "IPA Chart, http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/ipa-chart, # available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License. # Copyright (C) 2015 International Phonetic Association." #--------NOTES-------- # This table includes: # - Symbols defined in IPA-unicode-range.uti # - Characters include in latinLetterDef6Dots.uti table (a, b, c...). # - Some current symbols (e.g. point '.') # - 'Phonetic and Phonemic Enclosures' # Some lines are commented for reference: # - Tricky character compositions, see end of 'Tones and Word Accents' # Some IPA unicode symbols are not present in the reference document so there is no braille equivalent. # Example: \x02D4 for 'MODIFIER LETTER UP TACK', # see # Last updated on January 23, 2018 # IPA symbols that do not conflict with other tables include IPA-unicode-range.uti sign \x032C 6-236 # ̬ - wedge below - voiced sign \x032F 6-23456 # ̯ - arch below - non-syllabic sign \x2016 456-123456 # ‖ - double vertical line - major (intonation) group sign \x2197 456-145 # ↗ - upward diagonal arrow - global rise sign \x2198 456-356 # ↘ - downward diagonal arrow - global fall sign \xF19C 456-1246 #  - up arrow - upstep sign \x2193 456-2346 # ↓ - down arrow - downstep sign \x2191 456-1246 # ↑ - up arrow - upstep #--------PULMONIC CONSONANTS-------- # UNICODE DOTS # GLYPH - TYPOGRAPHIC DESC. - ARTICULATORY DESC. sign \x0070 1234 # p - lowercase p - voiceless bilabial plosive sign \x0062 12 # b - lowercase b - voiced bilabial plosive sign \x0074 2345 # t - lowercase t - voiceless alveolar plosive sign \x0064 145 # d - lowercase d - voiced alveolar plosive sign \x0063 14 # c - lowercase c - voiceless palatal plosive sign \x006B 13 # k - lowercase k - voiceless velar plosive sign \x0067 1245 # g - lowercase g - voiced velar plosive (alternate glyph) sign \x0071 12345 # q - lowercase q - voiceless uvular plosive sign \x006D 134 # m - lowercase m - voiced bilabial nasal sign \x006E 1345 # n - lowercase n - voiced alveolar nasal sign \x0072 1235 # r - lowercase r - voiced alveolar trill sign \x2C71 235-1236 # ⱱ (UTF-16) - right-hook v - labiodental flap sign \xF25F 235-1236 #  (UTF-16) - right-hook v - labiodental flap sign \x03B2 46-12 # β - beta - voiced bilabial fricative (WARNING: greek letter) sign \x0066 124 # f - lowercase f - voiceless labiodental fricative sign \x0076 1236 # v - lowercase v - voiced labiodental fricative sign \x03B8 46-1456 # θ - theta - voiceless dental fricative (WARNING: greek letter) sign \x0073 234 # s - lowercase s - voiceless alveolar fricative sign \x007A 1356 # z - lowercase z - voiced alveolar fricative sign \x00E7 235-14 # ç - c cedilla - voiceless palatal fricative sign \x0078 1346 # x - lowercase x - voiceless velar fricative sign \x03C7 46-12346 # χ - chi - voiceless uvular fricative (WARNING: greek letter) sign \x0068 125 # h - lowercase h - voiceless glottal fricative sign \x006A 245 # j - lowercase j - voiced palatal approximant sign \x006C 123 # l - lowercase l - voiced alveolar lateral approximant #--------OTHER PULMONIC CONSONANTS-------- # UNICODE DOTS # GLYPH - TYPOGRAPHIC DESC. - ARTICULATORY DESC. sign \x0077 2456 # w - lowercase w - voiced labial-velar approximant #--------VOWELS-------- # UNICODE DOTS # GLYPH - TYPOGRAPHIC DESC. - ARTICULATORY DESC. sign \x0069 24 # i - lowercase i - close front unrounded vowel sign \x0065 15 # e - lowercase e - close-mid front unrounded vowel sign \x0061 1 # a - lowercase a - open front unrounded vowel sign \x006F 135 # o - lowercase o - close-mid back rounded vowel sign \x0075 136 # u - lowercase u - close back rounded vowel sign \x0079 13456 # y - lowercase y - close front rounded vowel sign \x00F8 1256 # ø - slashed o - close-mid front rounded vowel sign \x0153 246 # œ - lowercase o-e ligature - open-mid front rounded vowel sign \x00E6 146 # æ - ash - near-open front unrounded vowel #--------SUPRASEGMENTALS-------- # UNICODE DOTS # GLYPH - TYPOGRAPHIC DESC. - ARTICULATORY DESC. sign \x002E 3 # . - full stop - syllable break sign \x007C 456-1256 # | - vertical line - minor (foot) group #--------TONES AND WORD ACCENTS-------- # UNICODE DOTS # GLYPH - TYPOGRAPHIC DESC. - ARTICULATORY DESC. # The following lines seems tricky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_letter) # sign \x02E9 + \x02E5 456-34 # ˩˥ - rising (15) tone bar - rising contour tone # sign \x02E9 + \x02E7 456-35 # ˩˧ - low-rising (13) tone bar - low-rising contour tone # sign \x02E7 + \x02E5 456-24 # ˧˥ - high-rising (35) tone bar - high-rising contour tone # sign \x02E5 + \x02E9 456-16 # ˥˩ - falling (51) tone bar - falling contour tone # sign \x02E8 + \x02E5 + \x02E8 456-256 # ˨˥˨ - rising-falling (151) tone bar - rising-falling contour tone #--------PHONETIC AND PHONEMIC ENCLOSURES-------- sign \x005B 45-12356 # [ - left square bracket - begin phonetic transcription sign \x005D 45-23456 # ] - right square bracket - end phonetic transcription sign \x002F 45-34 # / - slash - begin/end phonemic transcription