# © 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others. # License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#License # # File: und_FONIPA_fa.txt # Generated from CLDR # # Vowels # ------ # In these rules, we produce ی و ا both for short and for long vowels. # This would be wrong for writing Farsi or Arabic, but when transliterating # foreign words and names, it is strongly preferred to vowel marks. # Short schwa [ə] and a few other, schwa-like vowels get omitted entirely # unless at the end of the word, in which case we emit ه whose Farsi # word-final pronunciation comes close to [ə]. At the beginning of words, # Farsi speakers prefer to see آ for [ɑ] and a few other similar-sounding # dark vowels; note that this use of آ is quite different from Arabic. $IVowel = [i ɪ e {e\u031E}]; $UVowel = [y {ɨ} {ʉ} ɯ u ʏ {ɪ\u0308} {ʊ\u0308} {ɯ\u033D} {ʊ} ø ɤ o {ø\u031E} {ɤ\u031E} {o\u031E} ɔ w {w\u0325} ʍ ʷ]; $AVowel = [ɛ œ ɜ æ ɶ]; $DarkAVowel = [ʌ a ɑ ɒ ɐ ɞ {ä} {ɒ\u0308}]; # آ instead of ا at beginning of words $SchwaVowel = [ɘ ɵ ə {ɵ\u031E}]; $Click = [ʘ ɋ ǀ ʇ ǃ ʗ ǂ ʄ ǁ ʖ]; $Boundary = [^[:L:][:M:][:N:]]; ::NFD; [ʰ ʱ ʼ \u0303 \u0330 \u030B \u0301 \u0304 \u0300 \u030F \u030C \u0302 ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ꜜ ꜛ ↗ ↘ \u0361 \u035C \u032F] → ; ʲ → j; ᵐ → m; ⁿ → n; ᵑ → ŋ; ::NFC; # TODO: Diphthongs probably need more work. # Romanian [sekujesk] → [sekujask], for emitting سیکویاسک not سیکویسک $UVowel [j $IVowel] [e {e\u031E} $SchwaVowel] → uia; # Kazakh Аягөз [ɑjɑɡy\u032Fʉz] → [ɑjɑɡiuz], to emit آیاگیوز not آیاگووز yʉ → iu; ::NULL; # Vowels $Boundary {$SchwaVowel ː?} → ای; $SchwaVowel ː → ی; {[$SchwaVowel e {e\u031E}]} [^[:L:][:M:][:N:][\.]] → ه; $SchwaVowel → ; $Boundary {$IVowel ː?} → ای; $IVowel ː? j? → ی; $Boundary {$UVowel ː?} → او; $UVowel ː? → و; $Boundary {$AVowel ː?} → ا; $AVowel ː? → ا; $Boundary {$DarkAVowel ː?} → آ; $DarkAVowel ː? → ا; # Shadda for long (geminated) consonants ː → \u0651; # Affricates [{t\u0361ʃ} ʧ] → چ; # Clicks [ɡ g ɠ k] $Click → کچ; [n ɲ]? $Click → نچ; # Nasal stops [{m\u0325} m ɱ] → م; [{n\u033C\u030A} {n\u033C} {n\u0325} n {ɳ\u030A} ɳ {ɲ\u030A} {ɲ\u0325} ɲ] → ن; [{ŋ\u030A} ŋ {ɴ\u0325} ɴ] k → نک; [{ŋ\u030A} ŋ {ɴ\u0325} ɴ] [ɡ g]? → نگ; # Non-nasal stops [p {p\u032A}] → پ; [b {b\u032A} ɓ] → ب; [{d\u033C} d ɗ ᶑ] → د; [{t\u033C} t] → ت; [ʈ] → ط; [ɖ] → ض; c → چ; ɟ → دج; k → ک; [ɡ g ɠ] → گ; [q ɢ ʡ ʛ] → ق; ʔ → ; # Sibilant fricatives s → س; z → ز; [ʃ ʂ ɕ ʄ] → ش; [ʒ ʐ ʑ] → ژ; # Non-sibilant fricatives [ɸ f] → ف; [β v] → و; [{θ\u033C} θ {θ\u0331}] → ث; [{ð\u033C} ð {ð\u0320}] → ذ; ç → ش; ʝ $IVowel? ː? → ی; [x χ] → خ; [ɣ ʁ] → غ; ħ → ح; ʕ → ع; [h ɦ {ʔ\u031E}] → ه; # Approximants, trills, flaps ʋ → و; ʙ → بر; {r\u031D} → رژ; [{ɹ\u0325} {ɹ} {ɻ\u030A} {ɻ} {ɾ\u0325} ɾ {ɽ\u030A} ɽ {r\u033C} {r\u0325} r] → ر; [{ʀ\u0325} ʀ] → غ; ʜ → ح; ʢ → ع; j $IVowel? ː? → ی; # Laterals ɬ → شل; ɮ → ژل; {[{ʎ\u0325} ʎ]} [^ $IVowel j ʝ] → لی; [{l\u033C} {l\u0325} l {ɭ\u030A} ɭ {ʎ\u0325} ʎ] → ل; [ʟ {ʟ\u0320}] → غ; # Independent pass for misc cleanup. ::NULL; # Strip off syllable markers \. → ; # Sequences of three or more ووو look very confusing; we shorten them. # Polish Darłowo [darwɔvɔ] → داروو → داروووو ووو+ → وو;