ShanghaineseIPAOperator — IPA for Shanghainese¶
cjklib.reading.operator.ShanghaineseIPAOperator is an
implementation of a transcription of Shanghainese into the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Features:
- Tones can be given as tone contour numbers (e.g. 55, or superscript ⁵⁵), or IPA tone bar characters,
- strict tonal rules can be enforced depending the syllable’s initial being voiced or voiceless and the final having a glottal stop,
- splitting of syllables into onset and rhyme.