
//====================================================
//  Italian
//====================================================

phoneme : //  Lengthen previous vowel by "length"
  virtual
  length 60
endphoneme




phoneme a
  vowel starttype (a) endtype (a)
  length 190
  formants vwl_it/a
  reduceto a/  4
endphoneme


phoneme a/
  vowel starttype (@) endtype (@)
  length 190
  formants vwl_it/&
endphoneme


phoneme e
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
  length 180
  formants vowel/e:
endphoneme


phoneme E
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (e)
  length 180
  formants vwl_af/E2
  reduceto  e  4        // [E] only in stressed syllables
endphoneme


phoneme i
  vowel starttype (i) endtype (i)
  length 170
  formants vowel/i:
  linkout ;
endphoneme


phoneme o
  vowel starttype (o) endtype (o)
  length 180
  formants vowel/o:
endphoneme


phoneme O
  vowel starttype (o) endtype (o)
  length 180
  formants vowel/0
  reduceto  o  4        // [O] only in stressed syllables
endphoneme


phoneme U
  vowel starttype (u) endtype (u)
  length 170
  formants vwl_de/U
endphoneme


phoneme u
  vowel starttype (u) endtype (u)
  length 170
  formants vowel/u:
endphoneme


phoneme aU
  vowel starttype (a) endtype (u)
  length 230
  formants vowel/aU
endphoneme


phoneme eU
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (u)
  length 230
  formants vowel/eU
endphoneme


phoneme aI
  vowel starttype (a) endtype (i)
  length 230
  formants vowel/aI
endphoneme


phoneme eI
  vowel starttype (e) endtype (i)
  length 230
  formants vowel/eI
endphoneme


phoneme OI
  vowel starttype (o) endtype (i)
  length 230
  formants vwl_de/OI
endphoneme


phoneme uI
  vowel starttype (u) endtype (i)
  length 240
  formants vowel/uI
endphoneme



// CONSONANTS
//===========

//phoneme r    //   tap
//  liquid
//  formants d/d*
//  before r d/dr
//  lengthmod 6
//  beforenotvowel r/
//endphoneme


phoneme r
  liquid
  length 100
  lengthmod 7
  beforenotvowel r/
  formants r/r
  after _ r/_r  t r/tr p r/tr k r/tr
  before _ r/r_
endphoneme




phoneme R
  liquid starttype r endtype r
  length 100
  lengthmod 7
  beforenotvowel r/
  trill
  formants r/rr
  after _ r/rr
  after t r/trr p r/trr k r/trr
  before _ r/r_
endphoneme


phoneme r/   // used for [r] when not preceding a vowel
  liquid
  length 100
  lengthmod 2   //
  formants r3/r_+r3/rx
  before n   r3/r_n+r3/rx
  after _ r/rr
  after t r/trr p r/trr k r/trr
endphoneme


phoneme w
  liquid
  length 100
  beforenotvowel w/
  lengthmod 7
  formants w/w2
  after _  w/w2
endphoneme


phoneme w2
  liquid  starttype w  endtype w
  length 100
  beforenotvowel w/
  lengthmod 7
  formants w/w
  after _  w/w2
endphoneme


phoneme ts
  vls alv afr sibilant
  vowelin f1=0  f2=1700 -300 300  f3=-100 80
  vowelout f1=0 f2=1700 -300 250  f3=-100 80  rms=20
  lengthmod 2
  wave unvoc/ts
endphoneme


phoneme t
  // we really need a 'dental' [t], but
  // instead just reduce the strength of the burst
  vls alv stop
  vowelin f1=0  f2=1700 -300 300  f3=-100 80
  vowelout f1=0 f2=1700 -300 250  f3=-100 80  rms=20
  lengthmod 2
  wave  unvoc/t%70
  before _ unvoc/t_
  before r unvoc/tr
  switchvoicing d
endphoneme


phoneme k
  vls vel stop
  vowelin f1=0  f2=2300 200 400  f3=-100 80
  vowelout f1=0 f2=2300 300 400  f3=-100 80  rms=20
  lengthmod 2
  wave unvoc/k%60
  before _ unvoc/k_
  before r unvoc/kr
  before l unvoc/kl
  before (i) unvoc/ki
  switchvoicing g
endphoneme



