{"version":1,"basis":"General American","vowels":[{"sound":"æ","say":"a","note":"short a","ex":["trap","/ˈtræp/","TRAP"]},{"sound":"ɛ","say":"e","open":"eh","note":"short e; eh when nothing follows in the syllable","ex":["Estonia","/ɛˈstoʊniə/","eh-STOH-nee-uh"]},{"sound":"ɪ","say":"i","open":"ih","note":"short i; ih when nothing follows in the syllable","ex":["zasocitinib","/zəˈsɒsɪtɪnɪb/","zuh-SOSS-ih-tih-nib"]},{"sound":"ɒ","say":"o","open":"ah","note":"short o (British lot)","ex":["loch","/ˈlɒx/","LOKH"]},{"sound":"ʌ","say":"u","open":"uh","note":"short u","ex":["strut","/ˈstrʌt/","STRUT"]},{"sound":"ʊ","say":"uu","note":"as in foot","ex":["foot","/ˈfʊt/","FUUT"]},{"sound":"ə","say":"u","open":"uh","note":"schwa","ex":["focus","/ˈfoʊkəs/","FOH-kuss"]},{"sound":"i","say":"ee","ex":["fleece","/ˈfliːs/","FLEESS"]},{"sound":"u","say":"oo","ex":["food","/ˈfuːd/","FOOD"]},{"sound":"eɪ","say":"ay","ex":["Waco","/ˈweɪkoʊ/","WAY-koh"]},{"sound":"aɪ","say":"y","alt":"eye with no consonant before or after; i-consonant-e before one consonant","ex":["tide","/ˈtaɪd/","TIDE"]},{"sound":"aɪ","say":"eye","ex":["Iowa","/ˈaɪəwə/","EYE-uh-wuh"]},{"sound":"ɔɪ","say":"oy","ex":["choice","/ˈtʃɔɪs/","CHOYSS"]},{"sound":"aʊ","say":"ow","ex":["mouth","/ˈmaʊθ/","MOWTH"]},{"sound":"oʊ","say":"oh","note":"also əʊ, o","ex":["goat","/ˈɡoʊt/","GOHT"]},{"sound":"ɑ","say":"ah","ex":["father","/ˈfɑðər/","FAH-dhur"]},{"sound":"ɔ","say":"aw","ex":["thought","/ˈθɔt/","THAWT"]}],"rVowels":[{"sound":"ɜr","say":"ur","note":"also ɝ","ex":["Boerne","/ˈbɜrni/","BUR-nee"]},{"sound":"ər","say":"ur","note":"also ɚ","ex":["letter","/ˈlɛtər/","LET-ur"]},{"sound":"ɑr","say":"ar","ex":["start","/ˈstɑrt/","START"]},{"sound":"ɔr","say":"or","ex":["north","/ˈnɔrθ/","NORTH"]},{"sound":"ɪr","say":"eer","note":"also ɪə","ex":["near","/ˈnɪr/","NEER"]},{"sound":"ɛr","say":"air","note":"also eə","ex":["square","/ˈskwɛr/","SKWAIR"]},{"sound":"ʊr","say":"oor","note":"also ʊə","ex":["Refugio","/rəˈfjʊrioʊ/","ruh-FYOOR-ee-oh"]},{"sound":"aɪr","say":"ire","ex":["fire","/ˈfaɪr/","FIRE"]},{"sound":"aʊr","say":"our","ex":["hour","/ˈaʊr/","OUR"]},{"sound":"ɛ+r+vowel","say":"err","note":"short vowel before r and a vowel doubles the r","ex":["merry","/ˈmɛri/","MERR-ee"]}],"consonants":[{"sound":"ŋ","say":"ng","ex":["finger","/ˈfɪŋɡər/","FING-gur"]},{"sound":"θ","say":"th","ex":["thin","/ˈθɪn/","THIN"]},{"sound":"ð","say":"dh","ex":["this","/ˈðɪs/","DHISS"]},{"sound":"ʃ","say":"sh","ex":["Manchaca","/ˈmænʃæk/","MAN-shak"]},{"sound":"ʒ","say":"zh","ex":["vision","/ˈvɪʒən/","VIZH-un"]},{"sound":"tʃ","say":"ch","ex":["bakuchiol","/bəˈkuːtʃiɒl/","buh-KOO-chee-ol"]},{"sound":"dʒ","say":"j","ex":["gem","/ˈdʒɛm/","JEM"]},{"sound":"ɡ","say":"g","alt":"gh before e, i, y","ex":["give","/ˈɡɪv/","GHIV"]},{"sound":"j","say":"y","ex":["yes","/ˈjɛs/","YESS"]},{"sound":"s","say":"s","alt":"ss at the end of a word or before a vowel","ex":["Lamesa","/ləˈmɪsə/","luh-MISS-uh"]},{"sound":"x","say":"kh","ex":["loch","/ˈlɒx/","LOKH"]},{"sound":"hw","say":"wh","ex":["which","/ˈhwɪtʃ/","WHICH"]},{"sound":"b d f h k l m n p r t v w z","say":"as written","ex":["Mexia","/məˈheɪə/","muh-HAY-uh"]}],"rules":["Syllables are joined by hyphens. Words are separated by one space.","The syllable with primary stress is written in capitals. Secondary stress is not marked.","A one-syllable word is in capitals when it is the whole term, lowercase when it sits beside a stressed word.","Letters q and x are never used, and c appears only in ch. Every sound has one spelling, chosen by its position as set out in the table.","A short vowel (a, e, i, o, u, uu) never ends a stressed syllable: the next consonant moves into it (luh-MISS-uh, LET-ur).","Short e, i and u at the end of an unstressed syllable are written eh, ih and uh (zuh-SOSS-ih-tih-nib).","A short vowel followed by r and a vowel doubles the r (MERR-ee). ʊ before r is written oor.","s at the end of a word, or at the end of a syllable before a vowel, is written ss so it cannot be read as z.","g before e, i or y is written gh so it cannot be read as j.","Input IPA is cleaned first: slashes and brackets, length marks, ties, aspiration and the glottal stop are dropped; ɹ, ɚ, ɝ, ɾ, ɫ, ɐ, ᵻ, əʊ are mapped to the key; an optional r in parentheses is kept (the basis is rhotic), other optional sounds in parentheses are left out; only the first of several variants is used.","The canonical respelling is for people and for the term page. Engine respellings (what a given TTS engine needs, such as Lamisa) are stored separately per engine and version and are not held to this key."]}