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CLDR Version 28 Index

Lists data fields that differ from the last version. Inherited differences in locales are suppressed, except where the source locales are different. The collations and metadata still have a raw format. The rbnf, segmentations, and annotations are not yet included.

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…/transforms/transform[@source="tlh"][@target="tlh_FONIPA"][@direction="forward"]/tRule::NFC;
tlh → t͡ɬ;
aw → aʊ̯; # similar to English ‹cow›
ew → ɛʊ̯; # does not exist in English
Iw → ɪʊ̯; # des not exist English
ay → aɪ̯; # similar to English ‹why›
ey → eɪ̯; # similar to English ‹may›
Iy → ɪː; # KLI says like English ‹key›, which is not a diphthong
oy → oɪ̯; # KLI says English ‹boy›, which would be [ɔɪ̯], but ‹o› is [o]
uy → uɪ̯; # similar to English ‹gooey› but in on syllable
ch → t͡ʃ;
gh → ɣ;
ng → ŋ;
p → pʰ;
t → tʰ;
q → qʰ;
’ → ʔ;
\' → ʔ;
b → b;
D → ɖ;
Q → q͡χ;
j → d͡ʒ;
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;
# Author: sascha@google.com (Sascha Brawer)
#
# 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 → t͡ɬ;

# 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 → aʊ̯; # similar to English ‹cow›
ew → ɛʊ̯; # does not exist in English
Iw → ɪʊ̯; # des not exist English
ay → aɪ̯; # similar to English ‹why›
ey → eɪ̯; # similar to English ‹may›
Iy → ɪː; # KLI says like English ‹key›, which is not a diphthong
oy → oɪ̯; # KLI says English ‹boy›, which would be [ɔɪ̯], but ‹o› is [o]
uy → uɪ̯; # similar to English ‹gooey› but in on syllable

ch → t͡ʃ;
gh → ɣ;
ng → ŋ;

p → pʰ;
t → tʰ;
q → qʰ;
’ → ʔ;
\' → ʔ;
b → b;
D → ɖ;
Q → q͡χ;
j → d͡ʒ;
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;