# TransMetaphone IPA Mappings

These tables use regular expression notation to illustrate how keys are generated by the trans metaphone package. An exact representation with regular expressions unfortunately is not always possible (or not always the clearest form of presentation) and so Superscript "2" indicates that the mapping should be used in a secondary key.

The table is also available with the REs expanded.

### Common Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
Amharic | Arabic | Cherokee | Japanese Hiragana | Japanese Katakana | English | Greek | Gujarti | Hebrew | Russian | Tigrigna
a | [=አ=] | [[=ا=][=ع=]] | [=Ꭰ=] | [=ぁ=] | [[=ア=][=ー=]] | [AEIOUY] | [ΑΕΗΙΟΥΩ] | [અઆઇઈઉઊઋઍએઐઑઓઔાિીુૂૃૄૅેૈૉોૌૠ] | [אע] | [АЕЁИОУЫЭЮЯ] | [[=አ=][=ዐ=]]
b | [=በ=] | [=ب=] |  | [=ば=] | [=バ=] |  | ΜΠ | [બભ] | ב | Б | [=በ=]
d | [=ደ=] | [=د=] | [ᏓᏕᏗᏙᏚᏛ] | [だでど] | [ダデド] |  | ΝΤ | [ડદ] | ד | Д | [=ደ=]
ɗ | [=ዸ=] | [=ض=] |  |  |  |  |  | [ઢધ] |  |  | [=ዸ=]
g | [=ገ=] | [=غ=][=گ=] | [ᎦᎨᎩᎪᎫᎬ] | [=が=] | [=ガ=] |  | ΓΚ | [ગઘ] | ג | Г | [=ገ=]
h | [=ሀ=] | [=ﻫ=] [=ح=]2 | [=Ꭽ=] | [はひへほ] | [ハヒヘホ] | ^H | H<v> | <v>H | SAN J | JOSE2 | (<!SlavoGermanic> && <v>J[AO]2) |  | હ | ח2 |  | [=ሀ=] [=ሐ=]2
ħ |  | [=ح=] |  |  |  |  |  |  | ח |  | [=ሐ=]
ʣ |  |  |  | [ぢづ] | [ヂヅ] |  | ΤΖ |  |  |  |
ʤ | [=ጀ=] | [=ج=] |  |  |  | DG[IEY] |  | [જઝ] |  |  | [=ጀ=]
f | [=ፈ=] | [=ف=] |  | ふ | フ | F|[CGLRT]<v><v>GH|PH|V|VV|SCHW WH<v>2|[EO]WS[IY]2 | Φ |  | 2[פף] | Ф | [=ፈ=]
j | [=የ=] | [=ي=] | [=Ꮿ=] | [=や=] | [=ヤ=] | DG[IEY]2 | Γ | ય | י | Й | [=የ=]
k | [=ከ=] | [=ك=] | Ꭷ [ᎨᎩᎪᎫᎬ]2 | [=か=] | [=カ=] |  | Κ | ક | [כך] | К | [=ከ=]
k' | [=ቀ=] | [=ق=] |  |  |  | Q | QQ |  | ખ | ק |  | [=ቀ=] [=ቐ=]2
ks |  |  |  |  |  | X | Ξ |  |  |  |
kʷ | [ኲኳኴኵ] |  | [=Ꮖ=] |  |  | QU |  |  |  |  | [ኲኳኴኵ]
l | [=ለ=] | [=ل=] | [=Ꮃ=] |  |  | L|[AI]LL[AEO]|ALLE<*>[AO]S? | (<!SlavoGermanic> && GLI2) | Λ | [લળ] | ל | Л | [=ለ=]
m | [=መ=] | [=م=] | [=Ꮉ=] | [=ま=] | [=マ=] | M | Μ | મ | [מם] | М | [=መ=]
n | [=ነ=] | [=ن=] | [ᎾᏀᏁᏂᏃᏄᏅ] | [[=ん=][=な=]] | [=ン=][=ナ=] | N | NN | NY2 | Ñ2 | Ν | ન | [נן] | Н | [=ነ=]
ɲ | [=ኘ=] | [=ﭶ=] |  |  |  | Ñ | NY |  | [ણઞ] |  |  | [=ኘ=]
ŋ | [=ጘ=] | ኢንግ |  |  |  |  | NG | Γ[ΚΓΞΧ] | ઙ |  |  | [=ጘ=] | ኢንግ
p | [=ፐ=] | [=ﭖ=] |  | [=ぱ=] | [=パ=] | [BP]B? | Π | પ | [פף] | П | [=ፐ=]
p' | [=ጰ=] | [=ﭢ=] |  |  |  |  |  | ફ |  |  | [=ጰ=]
r | [=ረ=] | [=ر=] |  | [=ら=] | [=ラ=] | R | RR | WR | <!SlavoGermanic> && (!M[AE])IER2 | Ρ | ર | ר | Р | [=ረ=]
s | [=ሰ=] | [=س=] | [=Ꮜ=] | [=さ=] | [=サ=] | Ç | | Σ | સ | ס | ש2 | C | [=ሰ=]
s' | [=ጸ=] | [=ص=] |  |  |  |  |  |  | [צץ] |  | [=ጸ=]
ʃ | [=ሸ=] | [=ش=] |  |  |  | SH | [ST]IO |  | [ષશ] | ש | Ш | [=ሸ=]
t | [=ተ=] | [=ت=] | [ᏔᏖᏘ] | [ったてと] | [ッタテト] | D | DD | DT | T | TH[AO]M | SCHT | ^VAN_ | ^SCH | Τ | [ટત] | [טת] | T | [=ተ=]
t' | [=ጠ=] | [=ط=] |  |  |  |  |  | [ઠથ] |  |  | [=ጠ=]
Θ |  | [=ث=] |  |  |  | TH | TTH | [ΔΘ] |  |  |  |
ʧ | [=ቸ=] | [=ﭺ=] |  |  |  |  |  | ચ |  | [TД]?Ч | [=ቸ=]
ʧ' | [=ጨ=] | [=ﭾ=] |  |  |  |  |  | છ |  |  | [=ጨ=]
ʦ |  |  | [=Ꮳ=] | [ちつ] |  | WI[TC]Z |  |  |  | [TД]?Ц |
v | [=ቨ=] | [=ﭪ=] |  | ゔ | [=ヷ=] |  | Β |  | ו | ב2 | В | [=ቨ=]
w | [=ወ=] | [=و=] | [=Ꮹ=] | [=ゎ=] | [=ワ=] |  |  | વ |  |  | [ወ=]
x | ክ[=ሰ=]2 | [=خ=] |  |  |  | X2 | Χ |  | 2[כך] |  | [=ኸ=]
z | [=ዘ=] | [[=ز=][=ﻇ=]] |  | [=ざ=] | [=ザ=] |  | Ζ | Σ[ΒΓΔΜ] |  | ז | З | [=ዘ=]
ʒ | [=ዠ=] | [=ﮊ=] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ж | [=ዠ=]

### Amharic Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
nb | [ንም][=በ=]
[:%6:]ʷ | [:%{8-12}:]

[=ዸ=][=ጘ=][=ቐ=] are unlikely in Amharic, even less frequent than finding Ñ in English text.

### Arabic Specific Keys

The Arabic script letters: ﭶ ﭖ ﭺ ﭾ ﭪ گ are not not used in the classical Arabic language, they are extensions for Farsi as far as I know. At this time they are included in the Arabic locale as a matter of convenience as opposed to having a seperate Farsi locale. This is somewhat justified by recognizing Arabics' attempt at attaining uniformity in character-phoneme relationships across regions. This may treatment is however experimental and may change later.

### Cherokee Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
dl | Ꮬ
hn | Ꮏ
tl | [ᏝᏞᏟᏠᏡᏢ]

### English Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
fx | WI[TC]Z2
tk | DG
<v> | A macro for: [AEIOUY]
<SlavoGermanic> | A macro for: (W | K | CZ | WITZ)

### Greek Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
ps | Ψ

### Russian Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
zn | ЗДН
pʦ | РДЦ
nʦ | ЛНЦ
sn | СТН
stv | ВСТВ
ʃʧ | Щ | [жЗС]Ч
ʃt | ЧТ
ʃn | ЧН
ʦʦ | ТЬ?СЯ

### Tigrigna Specific Keys

Output Key (IPA) | Input Sequence
--- | ---
q | [ቐቑቒቓቔቕቖ]

[=ዸ=] and [=ጘ=] are unlikely in Tigrigna, even less frequent than finding Ñ in English text.

- Greek
- Gujarti
- Hebrew
- Farsi
- Russian