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Xeo-Voice is a freeware program and server for speech synthesis, reciting poetry and vocalizing music that can also record the sound to a file. Language Swahili (latin alphabet 1967) is supported.
By default the stress falls to the second last of the word, else add the backquote after the stressed vowel.
See the texts in language Swahili (latin alphabet 1967) at swahili.at, sw.wikipedia.org, etc.
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To input the text through the keyboard, the program Xeo-Voice 1.x uses two standard layots: english and english-russian. On the base of UTF-8 table the special alphabet was created for language Swahili.
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ALPHABET SWAHILI 2013 for Xeo-Voice 1.x
Author: Ronald Sp4rk
E-mail: sp4rk@safe-mail.net, sp4rk@myway.com
Site: http://sp4rk.qc.to/xeo-voice/swa/doc/
Created (v1.27): 30.05.2020
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Alphabet Swahili 2013 contains the symbols which are necessary for the correct recording, the reading and the pronunciating of the texts in language Swahili. 4 encodings are supported.
The encoding cyr-2013 is completely based on the cyrillic alphabet, the encoding lat-2013 - on the latin alphabet. In the encoding eng-rus-2013 (english-russian layot), instead of the cyrillic symbols, which are not present in the russian alphabet, the letters from the english alphabet are taken. In the encoding eng-2013 (english layot) all symbols are replaced by the english letters and their combinations.
All encodings 2013 are completely convertible among themselves. It is possible to enter the symbols in english or english-russian layot and then to encode the text into cyrillic or latin alphabet, and on the contrary.
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lat-1967 ipa cyr-2013 eng-rus-2013 lat-2013 eng-2013
latin ipa cyrillic eng.-rus. latin eng.
A a 01. a~ɑ А а А а A a A a
B b 02. b~ɓ Б б Б б B b B b
V v 03. v В в В в V v V v
G g 04. g~ɠ Г г Г г G g G g
Gh gh 05. ɣ Ғ ғ G g Ğ ğ Gh gh
D d 06. d~ɗ Д д Д д D d D d
E e 07. e Ě ě Е е E e E e
J j 08. dʑ~ʄ Ӝ ӝ J j J j J j
Z z 09. z З з З з Z z Z z
Dh dh 10. ð Ҙ ҙ D d Ƶ ƶ Dh dh
I i 11. i Ӥ ӥ И и I i I i
Y y 12. j Й й Й й Y y Y y
K k 13. k К к К к K k K k
L l 14. l Л л Л л L l L l
M m 15. m М м М м M m M m
N n 16. n Н н Н н N n N n
Ng ng 17. ŋ Ң ң N n Ň ň Nh nh
O o 18. o~ɔ О о О о O o O o
P p 19. p П п П п P p P p
R r 20. r Р р Р р R r R r
S s 21. s С с С с S s S s
Th th 22. θ Ҫ ҫ S s Ŝ ŝ Th th
T t 23. t Т т Т т T t T t
U u 24. u У у У у U u U u
W w 25. w Ў ў W w W w W w
F f 26. f Ф ф Ф ф F f F f
H h 27. x Х х Х х Ȟ ȟ Kh kh
H h 28. h~ʰ Һ һ Y h [1] H h X x
Ch ch 29. tɕ Ч ч Ч ч Ç ç Ch ch
Sh sh 30. ʃ Ш ш Ш ш Š š Sh sh
Ь ь 31. ʲ Ь ь Ь ь ' ' ' '
E e 32. ɛ Э э Э э Ě ě E'/Eh e'/eh [2]
The remark: Also the encodings arab-2013 and brai-2013 are supported. See the consolidated table in Menu -- Help -- Manual, or at the site: http://sp4rk.qc.to/xeo-voice/inter/doc/
It is needed to appreciate that the case of the letters is lost while encoding into the arabic alphabet.
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Notes:
[1] In the encoding eng-rus-2013 upper-case leter H (h) is occupied with cyrillic Н (н), that's why, instead of latin H, letter Y was taken.
[2] In the encoding eng-2013 the vowel E' e' is possible to be written as Eh eh. The such writing is used before vowels and in words with the specified stresses.
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Example of transcoding text
lat-1967: Kiswahili ni lugha ya Kibantu yenye misamiati mingi ya Kiarabu (30%), lakini sasa ya Kiingereza pia (10%), inayozungumzwa katika eneo kubwa la Afrika ya Mashariki. Lugha hii ina utajiri mkubwa wa misamiati, misemo, methali, mashairi, mafumbo, vitendawili na nyimbo. Kiswahili hutumika kufundishia shuleni na kuna vitabu vingi vilivyotungwa kwa kutumia lugha hiyo, vikiwa pamoja na vile vya hadithi, hekaya au riwaya.
cyr-2013: Кӥсўаһӥлӥ нӥ луға йа Кӥбанту йěньйě мӥсамӥатӥ мӥңӥ йа Кӥарабу (30%), лакӥнӥ саса йа Кӥӥңěрěза пӥа (10%), ӥнайозуңумзўа катӥка ěнěо кубўа ла Афрӥка йа Машарӥкӥ. Луға һӥӥ ӥна утаӝӥрӥ мкубўа ўа мӥсамӥатӥ, мӥсěмо, мěҫалӥ, машаӥрӥ, мафумбо, вӥтěндаўӥлӥ на ньйӥмбо. Кӥсўаһӥлӥ һутумӥка куфундӥшӥа шулěнӥ на куна вӥтабу вӥңӥ вӥлӥвйотуңўа кўа кутумӥа луға һӥйо, вӥкӥўа памоӝа на вӥлě вйа һадӥҫӥ, һěкайа аў рӥўайа.
eng-2013: Kiswaxili ni lugha ya Kibantu yen'ye misamiati minhi ya Kiarabu (30%), lakini sasa ya Kiinhereza pia (10%), inayozunhumzwa katika eneo kubwa la Afrika ya Mashariki. Lugha xii ina utajiri mkubwa wa misamiati, misemo, methali, mashairi, mafumbo, vitendawili na n'yimbo. Kiswaxili xutumika kufundishia shuleni na kuna vitabu vinhi vilivyotunhwa kwa kutumia lugha xiyo, vikiwa pamoja na vile vya xadithi, xekaya aw riwaya.
lat-2013: Kiswahili ni luğa ya Kibantu yen'ye misamiati miňi ya Kiarabu (30%), lakini sasa ya Kiiňereza pia (10%), inayozuňumzwa katika eneo kubwa la Afrika ya Mašariki. Luğa hii ina utajiri mkubwa wa misamiati, misemo, meŝali, mašairi, mafumbo, vitendawili na n'yimbo. Kiswahili hutumika kufundišia šuleni na kuna vitabu viňi vilivyotuňwa kwa kutumia luğa hiyo, vikiwa pamoja na vile vya hadiŝi, hekaya aw riwaya.
arab-2013: كێسواهێلێ نێ لۇغا يا كێبانتۇ يۏن'يۏ مێسامێاتێ مێڭێ يا كێارابۇ (٣٠%)، لاكێنێ ساسا يا كێێڭۏرۏزا پێا (١٠%)، ێنايۆزۇڭۇمزوا كاتێكا ۏنۏۆ كۇبوا لا افرێكا يا ماشارێكێ. لۇغا هێێ ێنا ۇتاجێرێ مكۇبوا وا مێسامێاتێ، مێسۏمۆ، مۏثالێ، ماشاێرێ، مافۇمبۆ، ۋێتۏنداوێلێ نا ن'يێمبۆ. كێسواهێلێ هۇتۇمێكا كۇفۇندێشێا شۇلۏنێ نا كۇنا ۋێتابۇ ۋێڭێ ۋێلێۋيۆتۇڭوا كوا كۇتۇمێا لۇغا هێيۆ، ۋێكێوا پامۆجا نا ۋێلۏ ۋيا هادێثێ، هۏكايا او رێوايا.
