--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:30:12.902154700 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:30:12.906154700 +0200
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@
                     } else {
                         hard = false ;
                     }
-                    if (!isLastChar(wdsz, n) && 
-                        (FRONTV.indexOf(local.charAt(n + 1)) >= 0) && 
-                        (!hard)) {
+if  ( (!(isLastChar(wdsz, n)) && charAt((n + 1)))) >= 0) )  {
+ 
+ 
                         code.append('J');
                     } else {
                         code.append('K');
