A PHP function that converts a Spanish word (UTF-8 encoded) into IPA phonetic transcription symbols.

This function is used in the Spanish phonetic transcription converter. The converter can also insert stress marks in words and takes in consideration sound changes at word boundaries (sandhi). This function can only convert individual words.

List of supported locales:

• es_ES (Spain),
• es_MX (Mexico).

spanishphonology - a port of the project to Javascript and Java made by Robert Fromont.

$ipa = convert_spanish_word_to_phonetic_transcription ("amigo", "es_ES"); // returns "amiɣo"
$ipa = convert_spanish_word_to_phonetic_transcription ("pronunciación", "es_ES"); // returns "pɾonunθjaθjon"
$ipa = convert_spanish_word_to_phonetic_transcription ("pronunciación", "es_MX"); // returns "pɾonunsjasjon"

Timur Baytukalov

Please feel free to contact me, if you want to report an error or suggest improvements.

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