Published January 3, 2023 | Version 0.0.1
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CMU pronouncing dictionary with IPA transcriptions

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Chemnitz University of Technology

Description

Files:

  • pronunciations.dict
    • contains the adjusted pronunciations for each word from CMU dictionary
  • vocabulary.txt:
    • unique words occurring in pronunciations.dict
  • phonemes.txt:
    • phoneme set of pronunciations.dict
  • consonants.txt:
    • consonants of phonemes.txt
  • vowels.txt:
    • vowels of phonemes.txt (stress ignored)
  • script.sh
    • contains the script to reproduce the dictionary out of the original CMU dictionary

Applied mappings

  • AO -> ɔ
  • EY -> 
  • UW -> u
  • IH -> ɪ
  • EH -> ɛ
  • IY -> i
  • AA -> ɑ
  • AE -> æ
  • OW -> 
  • AY -> 
  • AW -> 
  • OY -> ɔɪ
  • UH -> ʊ
  • SH -> ʃ
  • B -> b
  • D -> d
  • M -> m
  • Q -> ʔ
  • L -> l
  • K -> k
  • R -> r
  • CH -> 
  • NG -> ŋ
  • P -> p
  • Z -> z
  • ZH -> ʒ
  • JH -> 
  • T -> t
  • G -> ɡ
  • N -> n
  • F -> f
  • TH -> θ
  • V -> v
  • HH -> h
  • DH -> ð
  • S -> s
  • W -> w
  • Y -> j
  • AH0 -> ə
  • AH1 -> ˈʌ and AH2 -> ˌʌ
  • ER0 -> ər
  • ER1 -> ˈʌr and ER2 -> ˌʌr

Furthermore:

  • ə r -> ər
    • results in ER0 and AH0 R to be the same
  • ʌ r -> ʌr
    • results in ER1 and AH1 R to be the same as well as ER2 and AH2 R
  • ɔ r -> ɔr
  • ɪ r -> ɪr
  • ɛ r -> ɛr
  • ʊ r -> ʊr

Notes

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Project-ID 416228727 – CRC 1410

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