# Abkhaz Rule Set
# Written by: Bill
# Edited by: Emily
# Last Updated: 2019-09-16
type,sfrom,sto,weight,precede,follow,comment
# Class Rules
class,supraseg-out,[ʷʲ],,,,
class,supraseg,[ьә],,,,
class,labial,(t|tʼ|d|ʃ|ʒ|k|kʼ|ɡ|qʼ|χ|ʁ|ħ),,,,
class,palatal,(ʒ|dʒ|k|kʼ|ɡ|qʼ|χ|ʁ|ʃ),,,,
# Individual Letters
sub,а,a,4,,,
sub,б,b,4,,,
sub,в,v,4,,,
sub,г,ɡ,4,,,
sub,ӷ,ʁ,4,,,
sub,ҕ,ʁ,4,,,"alternate form of <ӷ>",
sub,д,d,4,,,
sub,е,a,4,,,"[e] is an allophone of /a/; see @AbChirikba2003, p. 21",
sub,ж,ʒ,4,,,
sub,з,z,4,,,
sub,ӡ,dz,4,,,
sub,и,j,4,,,
sub,к,kʼ,4,,,
sub,қ,k,4,,,
sub,ҟ,qʼ,4,,,
sub,л,l,4,,,
sub,м,m,4,,,
sub,н,n,4,,,
sub,о,a,4,,,"[o] is an allophone of /a/; see @AbChirikba2003, p. 21",
sub,п,pʼ,4,,,
sub,ԥ,p,4,,,
sub,ҧ,p,4,,,"older form of <ԥ>",
sub,р,r,4,,,
sub,с,s,4,,,
sub,т,tʼ,4,,,
sub,ҭ,t,4,,,
sub,у,w,4,,,
sub,ф,f,4,,,
sub,х,χ,4,,,
sub,ҳ,ħ,4,,,
sub,ц,ts,4,,,
sub,ҵ,tsʼ,4,,,
sub,ч,tʃʲ,4,,,
sub,ҷ,tʃʲʼ,4,,,
sub,ҽ,tʃ,4,,,
sub,ҿ,tʃʼ,4,,,
sub,ш,ʃ,4,,,
sub,ы,ə,4,,,
sub,ҩ,ʡ,4,,,
sub,џ,dʒ,4,,,
sub,({supraseg}),\1,4,,,
sub,-,,4,,,"a hyphen with no phonetic value appears in some words",
# Misc. Rules
ipasub,({labial}) ә,\1ʷ,2,,
ipasub,({palatal}) ь,\1ʲ,2,,
ipasub,ʼ({supraseg-out}),\1ʼ,1,,,
# Retroactive Clean-up
ipasub,({supraseg}),@,1,,,"some combinations aren't attested resulting in duplication of diacritics or certain palatalized and ejectivized phonemes (eg. ɡьә, dzә), thus we don't allow for such transcriptions",
ipasub,tʃʷ,@,1,,,"combination not attested - no other work-around with the rules",