[Espeak-general] eSpeak - Secwepemctsin

[Jonathan D. <jo...@ta...>]

On 22 Apr, Neskie Manuel <ne...@gm...> wrote:

> I'd like to start working on adding a language for Secwepemctsin.

> I think our written language is pretty compact, and precise.  There
> are not many exceptions, if any, to how to pronounce words.

> Any direction, or perhaps template files would be great.

I've read the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secwepemctsin_language

The spelling rules may be regular, but the phonology looks complicated.

The language uses some exotic consonants which are not currently
provided in eSpeak.  These will need to be added.  eSpeak doesn't
currently have pharyngeal consonants and I don't know whether its
uvular consonants are correct. 

What is the difference between a normal consonant and a glottalised
consonant.  We will need to find a way to make eSpeak create suitable
sounds.  That may be difficult.

If the character '7' in Secwepemctsin can be a alphabetic letter which
can occur in words,  as well as a number, then that will need to be
added as a special case for this language.