[mary-users] Missing/ Mixed phonemes

[Marc Schroeder]

Hi,

given the fact that dZ is very rare in German, we had decided a very 
long time ago that this can be constructed from d + Z -- not ideal but 
works.

Best,
Marc

On 07.06.10 08:27, Thorsten Westermann wrote:
> Dear Ingmar,
>
> thank you for the information about syllabification.
>
> -
>
> I have another question:
>
> In one of my tests I tried to manage the word "pagen", it's a denglified word for "to send by a pager".
>
> I would need the phoneme "dZ" (taken from http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/english.htm) to transribe it, but it's not present in Marys German phoneme set.
>
> What should I do? Can I simply add it to the German phone set, or will it totally confuse Mary?
>
> I know that I could use "tS" as an alternative, but that would not be really correct because they just sound different, like "chin" and "gin".
>
> Thank you for your help!
> Have a nice day!
>
> MfG,
> Westermann
>

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