--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:31:07.886156069 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:31:07.890156069 +0200
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                         hard = false ;
                     }
                     if (!isLastChar(wdsz, n) && 
-                        (FRONTV.indexOf(local.charAt(n + 1)) >= 0) && 
+if  (  ( n > 0 )  &&  (  ( indexOf ( local.charAt (  ( n - 1 )  )  )  )  >= 0 )  )  {     break; }
                         (!hard)) {
                         code.append('J');
                     } else {
