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Possible test cases
- ッチ – tci
- ットゥ – ttu
- ゥイ – uy
- クッコㇿウシ – kutkor'usi (the apostrophe is debatable, perhaps should be ignored)
- ンモ – mmo
- サッポロ – Satporo (should be entered with a period
サッ.ポロ
to have small tsu behave like t and not gemination sign.)
- ア=エホッケ – a=ehotke
- ウイユㇷ゚ケ – uiyupke (V + i = Vy unless following starts with y)
- ニウロッケ – niwrotke
- ラッチャコ – ratcako
V + u = Vw
Provisional pairs and conditions
- Basic correspondences (adapted from ja module not known if all kana is relevant in ain, she/sha, etc. removed because sh/s sounds appear universally orthographically interchangeable. Same for tse, tsa, etc. appear to occur only on morphemic boundary t + se, t + sa, etc. Many others possibly could be removed (l-row, v-row, etc.) The only real difference is shi = si and chi, chu, cha = ci, cu, ca, etc.
= "a", = "i", = "yi", = "ye", = "u", = "vu", = "va", = "vi", = "vye", = "ve", = "vo", = "vya", = "vyu", = "vyo", = "wa", = "wi", = "wu", = "we", = "wo", = "wyu", = "e", = "o", = "ka", = "ki", = "kye", = "kya", = "kyu", = "kyo", = "ga", = "gi", = "gye", = "gya", = "gyu", = "gyo", = "ku", = "kwa", = "kwi", = "kwe", = "kwo", = "kwa", = "gu", = "gwa", = "gwi", = "gwe", = "gwo", = "gwa", = "ke", = "ge", = "ko", = "go", = "sa", = "za", = "si", = "ji", = "je", = "ja", = "ju", = "jo", = "su", = "si", = "zu", = "zi", = "se", = "ze", = "so", = "zo", = "ta", = "da", = "ci", = "ce", = "ca", = "cu", = "co", = "ji", = "ja", = "ju", = "jo", = "zu", = "te", = "ti", = "tyu", = "de", = "di", = "dyu", = "to", = "tu", = "do", = "du", = "na", = "ni", = "nye", = "nya", = "nyu", = "nyo", = "nu", = "ne", = "no", = "ha", = "ba", = "pa", = "hi", = "bi", = "pi", = "hye", = "hya", = "hyu", = "hyo", = "bye", = "pye", = "bya", = "pya", = "byu", = "pyu", = "byo", = "pyo", = "fu", = "fa", = "fi", = "bi", = "fye", = "fe", = "fo", = "fya", = "fyu", = "fyo", = "bu", = "pu", = "he", = "be", = "pe", = "ho", = "bo", = "po", = "hu", = "ma", = "mi", = "mye", = "mya", = "myu", = "myo", = "mu", = "me", = "mo", = "ya", = "yu", = "yo", = "ra", = "ri", = "la", = "li", = "rye", = "rya", = "ryu", = "ryo", = "ru", = "lu", = "le", = "re", = "ro", = "lo", = "wa", = "va", = "wi", = "vi", = "we", = "ve", = "o", = "vo", = "n@"
- Small kana correspondences (small-tsu is a special case.) Entered as entities of Hex codes listed on this page, so hopefully correct.
= "k", = "s", = "s", = "t", = "n", = "h", = "h", = "h", = "h", = "h", = "m", = "r", = "r", = "r", = "r", = "r"
- Uncertain: when a small kana is followed by a vowel, e.g., r + u, TDA indicates a glottal stop(?) with an apostrophe = r'u, this additional sign has not been seen on Ainu Times, for example. Perhaps should be ignored until further confirmation.
- Small tsu is a t under the following circumstances: nothing follows it (it's the last character in a word), a period
.
follows it (additional sign to block gemination) or a space follows it. When something else follows it (likely a consonant-row kana and there's no period in between,) it behaves exactly as in ja – gemination sign.
= "t"
- Based on the above any periods entered need to be stripped from output.
- Gemination, as mentioned, identical to the rules in ja module, including ci – geminate tci (like ja chi – tchi)
- If an i follows a vowel it becomes y – a + i + nu = aynu.
- Exception: when something starting with y follows i following a vowel, no change takes place – a + i + yu = aiyu (not ayyu)
- When an u follows a vowel it becomes w – i + u = iw.
- Uncertain: perhaps like with i-y it would be reversed if something starting with w followed, e.g., i + u + wa would be iuwa not iwwa but it is uncertain if there actually exist any words of this pattern.
- This is somewhat uncertain but, TDA shows this in their orthography: when an n (it was defined as n@ in the pairs) is followed by m, b or p it becomes m.