@unglish/word-generator/dist/elements/phonemes.js

A simple generator for creating unglish words.

export const sonority = {
    "highVowel": 7,
    "midVowel": 6,
    "lowVowel": 5,
    "glide": 4.5,
    "liquid": 4,
    "nasal": 3.5,
    "sibilant": 3.2,
    "voicedFricative": 3,
    "voicelessFricative": 2.5,
    "affricate": 2,
    "voicedStop": 1.5,
    "voicelessStop": 1,
};
export const phonemes = [
    // High Vowels
    { sound: "i:", type: "highVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 150, startWord: 10, midWord: 1, endWord: 1 },
    { sound: "ɪ", type: "highVowel", tense: false, nucleus: 230, startWord: 1, midWord: 4, endWord: 0 },
    // Mid Vowels
    { sound: "e", type: "midVowel", tense: false, nucleus: 140, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 0 },
    { sound: "ɛ", type: "midVowel", tense: false, nucleus: 280, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 0 },
    { sound: "ə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 800, startWord: 4, midWord: 8, endWord: 0.5 },
    { sound: "ɜ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 50, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ɚ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 90, startWord: 0, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    // Low Vowels
    { sound: "æ", type: "lowVowel", tense: false, nucleus: 220, startWord: 6, midWord: 6, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ɑ", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 150, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ɔ", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 130, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "o", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 100, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ʊ", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 70, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "u", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 80, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "ʌ", type: "lowVowel", tense: false, nucleus: 180, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 1 },
    // Diphthongs (typically treated as mid or low vowels)
    { sound: "eɪ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 170, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "ɪə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 30, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "eə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 20, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "aɪ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 150, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "ʊə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 10, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "əʊ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 140, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "ɔɪ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 20, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "aʊ", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 60, startWord: 6, midWord: 1, endWord: 6 },
    // Tripthongs
    { sound: "aɪə", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 80, startWord: 3, midWord: 1, endWord: 3 },
    { sound: "aʊə", type: "lowVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 60, startWord: 2, midWord: 1, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "eɪə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 50, startWord: 2, midWord: 1, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ɔɪə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 40, startWord: 2, midWord: 0, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "əʊə", type: "midVowel", tense: true, nucleus: 30, startWord: 1, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    // Glides
    { sound: "j", type: "glide", onset: 10, coda: 20, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "w", type: "glide", onset: 120, coda: 10, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    // Liquids
    { sound: "l", type: "liquid", onset: 200, coda: 200, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 8 },
    { sound: "r", type: "liquid", onset: 500, coda: 100, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 8 },
    // Nasals
    { sound: "m", type: "nasal", onset: 100, coda: 176, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 8 },
    { sound: "n", type: "nasal", onset: 350, coda: 350, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 10 },
    { sound: "ŋ", type: "nasal", onset: 0, coda: 70, startWord: 0, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    // Voiceless Fricatives
    { sound: "f", type: "voicelessFricative", onset: 100, coda: 35, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "θ", type: "voicelessFricative", onset: 50, coda: 50, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "s", type: "sibilant", onset: 400, coda: 175, startWord: 10, midWord: 2, endWord: 10 },
    { sound: "ʃ", type: "sibilant", onset: 35, coda: 5, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "h", type: "voicelessFricative", onset: 120, coda: 0, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 0 },
    // Voiced Fricatives
    { sound: "v", type: "voicedFricative", onset: 85, coda: 20, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "ð", type: "voicedFricative", onset: 250, coda: 50, startWord: 6, midWord: 2, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "z", type: "sibilant", onset: 5, coda: 50, startWord: 4, midWord: 4, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "ʒ", type: "sibilant", onset: 5, coda: 3, startWord: 0, midWord: 6, endWord: 0 },
    // Affricates
    { sound: "tʃ", type: "affricate", onset: 40, coda: 30, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    { sound: "dʒ", type: "affricate", onset: 30, coda: 20, startWord: 4, midWord: 2, endWord: 2 },
    // Voiceless Stops
    { sound: "p", type: "voicelessStop", onset: 165, coda: 50, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    { sound: "t", type: "voicelessStop", onset: 350, coda: 350, startWord: 10, midWord: 2, endWord: 10 },
    { sound: "k", type: "voicelessStop", onset: 220, coda: 100, startWord: 8, midWord: 2, endWord: 6 },
    // Voiced Stops
    { sound: "b", type: "voicedStop", onset: 160, coda: 20, startWord: 6, midWord: 4, endWord: 4 },
    { sound: "d", type: "voicedStop", onset: 210, coda: 210, startWord: 8, midWord: 4, endWord: 8 },
    { sound: "g", type: "voicedStop", onset: 150, coda: 20, startWord: 6, midWord: 4, endWord: 4 }, // go
];
export const invalidBoundaryClusters = [
    /rɜ/,
    /ɜr/,
    /ʃh/,
    /sʃ/,
    /ʒs/,
];
const invalidGeneralClusters = [
    ...invalidBoundaryClusters,
    /kf/,
    /t[θðdn]/,
    /mw/,
    /k[nb]/,
    /d[tp]/,
    /pb/,
    /ʒr/,
    /^.*.?[ðŋhʃ].?.*$/, // invalid in any position of a string at least 2 characters long
];
export const invalidOnsetClusters = [
    ...invalidGeneralClusters,
    /^[wrlvznmjhʃ].{1,2}/,
    /^.[wzgdbθhvʃsf]/,
    /[^s]k/,
    /^[dtθð](?!r)./,
    /^[kgpfb](?![rl])./,
    /^sr/,
];
export const invalidCodaClusters = [
    ...invalidGeneralClusters,
    /vsk$/,
    /.?[kθð](?![szd])$/,
    /lv(?![zd])$/,
    /[fʃ](?![zdt])/,
    /m[tvg]/,
    /[vlstd]g/,
    /.*sp/,
    /tp/,
    /pk/,
    /np/,
    /nb/,
    /nzt/,
    /lnd/,
    /dʒt/,
    /.*.?v$/,
    /.*.?mp$/,
    /.*.?b$/,
    /.*?[jw]$/,
    /[szʒ]l$/,
    /[wðf]r$/,
    /[θðf]rl$/,
];