bel_graphemes_and_phonemes.py

# Belarusian letters 
а
б
в
г
ґ
д
е
ё
ж
з
і
й
к
л
м
н
о
п
р
с
т
у
ў
ф
х
ц
ч
ш
ы
ь
э
ю
я
’
# The letter "ґ" is not used often, and is usually replaced by "г"
# The apostrophe ("’" or "'") is used to denote a hard consonant before the combination /j/ + vowel; less often, this sign is used to denote abbreviated words, which are most often transmitted without it
# The letters "яеёю" are used to indicate the combination /j/ + vowel /aɛɔu/ respectively, or the softness of the preceding consonant (except for cases where these letters and the consonant are separated by an apostrophe) before the vowel.

# Belarusian phonemes
ä
ɛ
i
ɨ
ɔ
u
b
bʲ
p
pʲ
gʲ
ɟ
k
c
d
t
dz
dzʲ
ts
tsʲ
ɖʐ
ʈʂ
v
vʲ
f
fʲ
ɣ
ɣʲ
x
xʲ
z
zʲ
s
sʲ
ʐ
ʂ
m
mʲ
n
nʲ
r
l
lʲ
w
j
# The phoneme /g/ rarely occurs, in some words; and also it replaces /ɣ/ in position after /zsʐʂk/
# These phonemes do not have a soft pair: /d t ɖʐ ʈʂ ʐ ʂ r w/
# The /j/ is always soft
# Labials /pbvfm/ usually are soft only before vowels
# The phoneme /w/ in Belarusian words usually occurs only in closed syllables after vowels (as /äw ɛw iw ɨw ɔw uw/)
# Variations of vowels:
# /ä/: /ä Cʲa/
# /ɛ/: /ɜ Cʲɛ/
# /i/: /'i ɪ 'ji- jɪ-/
# /ɨ/
# /ɔ/: /ɔ Cʲɔ̈/
# /u/: /'u ʊ 'Cʲʉ Cʲʊ̈/