Module:Auphen/YAQ-HE/doc
This is the documentation page for Module:Auphen/YAQ-HE
This is the documentation for Module:Auphen/YAQ-HE, the Ancient Hertic sound data for the Yezur wiki. It holds no code: Module:Auphen/frame loads it whenever Template:Auphen is given the registry code YAQ-HE and passes its contents to the engine in Module:Auphen. {{auphen|word|YAQ-HE}} estimates a pronunciation from the spelling; {{auphen|word|YAQ-HE|ruleset}} runs one of the named rulesets below.
Fields
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
ipacats |
The category sets the rules refer to: [C] consonant, [V] vowel, [K] voiceless stop (/p/, /t̪/, /k/), [G] voiced stop (/b/, /d̪/, /g/), [F] front vowel (/i/, /e/, /ɛ/), [N] nasal (/m/, /n/, /ŋ/), [W] velar obstruent (/k/, /g/, /x/).
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ipa_rules |
The glyph-to-sound map. The frame supplies it to the engine only for pronunciation estimation, where it is applied to the word before pronounce runs.
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pronounce |
The pronunciation-estimation ruleset. |
sets |
The named rulesets, one per cell of the noun declension. |
[K] and [G] are declared in matching order, so the rules that map one onto the other pair them off position by position. [C] and [V] also list sounds that no glyph spells and only the ruleset produces — /h/, /ɣ/, /ŋ/, /o/, /ə/, /oʊː/ — so that later rules still match them.
Orthography
Ancient Hertic is written in an alphabetic script. ipa_rules gives each glyph one sound; the rules apply in the order listed below, down the left column and then the right, so the digraphs ⟨ου⟩ and ⟨αε⟩ are matched ahead of the letters they are written with.
| Spelling | Sound | Spelling | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| ου | /ʉ/ | ζ | /ʐ/ |
| αε | /ä/ | χ | /x/ |
| σ | /s/ | κ | /k/ |
| λ | /l/ | γ | /g/ |
| ν | /n/ | υ | /u/ |
| ρ | /r/ | ι | /i/ |
| φ | /ɸ/ | ο | /ɔ/ |
| μ | /m/ | ε | /ɛ/ |
| π | /p/ | η | /e/ |
| β | /b/ | ω | /ɒː/ |
| θ | /θ/ | α | /ɑ/ |
| ψ | /ð/ | ξ | /kʂ/ |
| τ | /t̪/ | ς | /ʈʂ/ |
| δ | /d̪/ |
⟨ξ⟩ and ⟨ς⟩ each yield a two-symbol sequence, which [C] lists as a single consonant; ⟨ω⟩ is long. ⟨ο⟩ enters the ruleset as /ɔ/ — its /o/ value is an allophone produced by the rules, not a spelling distinction.
Pronunciation
pronounce holds ten rules, applied in order to the word once ipa_rules has transposed it.
| Rule | Effect |
|---|---|
x/h/#_ |
/x/ is /h/ word-initially. |
n/ŋ/_[W] |
/n/ assimilates to /ŋ/ before a velar. |
k/ʈʂ/_[F] |
/k/ becomes /ʈʂ/ before a front vowel. |
[K]/[G]/[N]_ |
Voiceless stops voice after a nasal. |
[K]/[G]/[V]_[V] |
Voiceless stops voice between vowels. |
x/ɣ/[V]_[V] |
/x/ becomes /ɣ/ between vowels. |
ʐ/r/[V]_[V] |
/ʐ/ becomes /r/ between vowels. |
ɔ/o/_[C]#|_[C][V] |
/ɔ/ raises to /o/ before a single consonant, whether word-final or followed by a vowel. |
ɛ/ə/_# |
Final /ɛ/ reduces to /ə/. |
ɒː/oʊː/_# |
Final /ɒː/ becomes /oʊː/. |
The | in the raising rule separates two alternative environments; either is enough to trigger it, and it distinguishes ολ → /ol/ from ολλα → /ɔllɑ/.
Order matters. Palatalisation runs before both voicing rules and so claims /k/ before a front vowel outright: ακα → /ɑgɑ/ but ακη → /ɑʈʂe/. Nasal assimilation runs before palatalisation, so it still sees the velar that palatalisation then replaces: ανκη → /ɑŋʈʂe/. Voicing after a nasal does not depend on that assimilation, since /n/ is itself a member of [N]: ανπα → /ɑnbɑ/. Further examples: Χερτεχι → /hɛrt̪ɛɣi/, κηχυζι → /ʈʂeɣuri/, ταπε → /t̪ɑbə/.
Named rulesets
sets covers the noun declension: four cases (nominative, accusative, oblique, genitive) in two numbers across three classes. Names take the form class-case-number — F-nom-sg, M1-acc-pl, and so on. These rulesets run on the spelling rather than on the sounds: the frame withholds ipa_rules when a ruleset is named, so they take the headword in the Hertic script and return the declined form in the same script, leaving pronunciation to a separate call. The page declares no orthographic category set of its own, and the declension rules name no categories.
Each ruleset rewrites the citation ending, and every rule is anchored to the end of the word; a word that does not end in its class's citation ending comes back unchanged. The nominative singular of each class is an identity rule, so a table can call all eight cells the same way.
| Form | F (feminine, citation -ι) |
M1 (first-declension masculine, citation -αν) |
M2 (second-declension masculine, citation -ουξ)
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|---|---|---|---|
| NOM SG | -ι | -αν | -ουξ |
| NOM PL | -υ | -ιο | -ω |
| ACC SG | -ιξ | -αξ | -ουτ |
| ACC PL | -υδες | -ιδες | -ωεσ |
| OBL SG | -ε | -αεν | -ουν |
| OBL PL | -υεν | -ιν | -ων |
| GEN SG | -εν | -ην | -ην |
| GEN PL | -υν | -ιην | -ωην |
Three of the M1 plurals carry two rules, matching -ιαν before plain -αν so that an ι-stem does not double its ι: φιαν → φιο, not φιιο. M1-gen-pl carries only the plain rule, and so returns φιιην.
Notes
Entries do not normally call these rulesets directly. The declension tables come from Template:YAQ-HE-decl-F, Template:YAQ-HE-decl-M1 and Template:YAQ-HE-decl-M2 over Template:YAQ-HE-decl/core: the wrappers pass the class, the gender label and the definite-article forms, and the core reads the headword from the page name unless word= overrides it. Only the three noun classes have rulesets here; no other part of speech is covered yet.
The rule notation is the engine's, not this page's — it is described at Module:Auphen, and its behaviour and divergences are logged on Module talk:Auphen. A misspelt ruleset name yields a visible error and files the calling page into Category:Auphen errors. Worked examples for the engine live at Template:Auphen/testcases.