Timeline for How to calculate number of syllables in a word using only the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) spelling?
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| Apr 27, 2018 at 8:09 | comment | added | Phlox Midas | In the end I did use the CMU dictionary. One syllable for each vowel phone in a word. | |
| Apr 26, 2018 at 12:31 | comment | added | Nardog | Use the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 12:54 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @PeterShor, sumelic Yep, but there's still going to be a problem when you have consonants that could be either syllabic or occurring in the onset of a separate syllable - for example in bottling. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 10:37 | comment | added | Phlox Midas | Thanks to everyone for their helpful comments. I think I'll do done more research before tackling this problem, the complexity of which I seem to have underestimated. | |
| Jun 4, 2017 at 21:28 | comment | added | herisson | You don't need to know syllable breaks in most cases to calculate the number of syllables in a word; "pretty" has two syllables whether you syllabify it "pre-tty" or "prett-y". | |
| Jun 4, 2017 at 21:28 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Make a list of vowels, diphthongs, and syllable nuclei, and count those. Wiktionary (where it seems you got the two pronunciations from) is clearly not using a consistent IPA transcription scheme, so they might not be the best choice to get IPA from. But generally, you should be able to come up with a finite list of things like /n̩/, /a/, /aɪ/, /ɛ/, etc. There should be one per syllable. | |
| Jun 4, 2017 at 21:18 | comment | added | oerkelens | Bear in mind that some words have a different number of syllables for different speakers. | |
| Jun 4, 2017 at 21:02 | comment | added | Phlox Midas | That's disheartening. I'm new to this area but I thought this would have been a solved problem. Thanks for the heads up. | |
| Jun 4, 2017 at 20:58 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | You're not going to be able to find rules for splitting syllables. You will need to find a different set of IPA transcriptions. Dictionaries like Dictionary.com use IPA and mark all the syllables with a combo of stress marks + spaces. You may not be able to find an IPA list/API for free, so maybe you should consider using a different transcription system. | |
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