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# About
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This is a bot for converting x- or z-sampa to IPA, or converting a custom ascii notation to standard PIE notation. Useful for e.g. linguistics and conlanging, and for creating powerful unicode emoticons.
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Simply type your ascii inside // or [] with a prefixed x, z or p for x-sampa, z-sampa and PIE-notation respectively.
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For instance:
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x[sts_>q_hts_ht_hx] gives [st͡sʼqʰt͡sʰtʰx]
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x/dZAn "m{d@n/ gives /d͡ʒɑn ˈmædən/
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p[x2"owis x1"ek'wo:s-kve] gives *h₂ówis h₁é"kwōs-kʷe
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Guides to these systems can be found here:
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X-sampa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA
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Z-sampa: http://www.kneequickie.com/kq/Z-SAMPA
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For the PIE notation:
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* a preceding " is acute accent
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* a following : is the macron
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* a following . is the syllabicity marker
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* h always becomes superscript and v is superscript w.
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* Palato-velars are marked with a following ' and x1, x2, x3 etc. yields the laryngeals, with x@ for the subscript a laryngeal, and xx for an unknown laryngeal.
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This is best learned by experimenting.
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Inuktitut Syllabics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut_syllabics
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These conversions were originally taken from [xsduan/conniebot](https://github.com/xsduan/conniebot), and the discord bot Tuugaalikkuluk (thanks!) But have later divirged a bit.
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To use the bot I run an instance at [@wug:dodsorf.as](https://matrix.to/#/@wug:dodsorf.as), you can invite it to a room or DM it to use the converter. Or you can read the setup instructions below to host your own!
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# Setup
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1. Copy `config.json.example` to `config.json`
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2. Change the homeserver value to your homeserver api url (i.e "https://matrix.dodsorf.as")
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3. Change the token value to your users token. see https://t2bot.io/docs/access_tokens/ for how to get one.
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4. `npm install` and `npm start`
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You could also build a docker image but you're on your own there!
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# Development
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`npm install` and `npm start`
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If you use nix you can run shell.nix to get node and npm in your environment.
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If you use direnv you can also load the shell automatically |