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Turkish CV dictionary v2.0.0#

  • Maintainer: Vox Communis

  • Language: Turkish

  • Dialect: N/A

  • Phone set: XPF

  • Number of words: 17,035

  • Phones: a b bː d dʒ dʒː dː e f fː h hː i j jː k kː l lː m mː n nː o p pː s sː t tʃ tː u v vː y z zː œ ɡ ɡː ɯ ɾ ɾː ʃ ʃː ʒ

  • License: CC-0

  • Compatible MFA version: v2.0.0

  • Citation:

@misc{Ahn_Chodroff_2022,
	author={Ahn, Emily and Chodroff, Eleanor},
	title={VoxCommunis Corpus},
	address={\url{https://osf.io/t957v}},
	publisher={OSF},
	year={2022},
	month={Jan}
}

Acoustic models

Installation#

Install from the MFA command line:

mfa model download dictionary turkish_cv

Or download from the release page.

Intended use#

This dictionary is intended for forced alignment of Turkish transcripts.

This dictionary uses the XPF phone set for Turkish, and was used in training the Turkish XPF acoustic model. Pronunciations can be added on top of the dictionary, as long as no additional phones are introduced.

Performance Factors#

When trying to get better alignment accuracy, adding pronunciations is generally helpful, especially for different styles and dialects. The most impactful improvements will generally be seen when adding reduced variants that involve deleting segments/syllables common in spontaneous speech. Alignment must include all phones specified in the pronunciation of a word, and each phone has a minimum duration (by default 10ms). If a speaker pronounces a multisyllabic word with just a single syllable, it can be hard for MFA to fit all the segments in, so it will lead to alignment errors on adjacent words as well.

Ethical considerations#

Deploying any Speech-to-Text model into any production setting has ethical implications. You should consider these implications before use.

Demographic Bias#

You should assume every machine learning model has demographic bias unless proven otherwise. For pronunciation dictionaries, it is often the case that transcription accuracy and lexicon coverage for the prestige variety modeled in this dictionary compared to other variants. If you are using this dictionary in production, you should acknowledge this as a potential issue.

IPA Charts#

Consonants#

Obstruent symbols to the left of are unvoiced and those to the right are voiced.

Manner

Labial

Labiodental

Alveolar

Alveopalatal

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Nasal
Occurrences:
6,131
Examples:
* gümüş:
[ɡ y m y ʃ]
* cuma:
[dʒ u m a]
* selam:
[s e l a m]
* başım:
[b a ʃ ɯ m]
Occurrences:
18
Examples:
* mmhmm:
[mː h mː]
* hmm:
[h mː]
* jimmy:
[ʒ i mː j]
Occurrences:
9,197
Examples:
* insan:
[i n s a n]
* nobel:
[n o b e l]
* gene:
[ɡ e n e]
* onayı:
[o n a j ɯ]
Occurrences:
39
Examples:
* annem:
[a nː e m]
* anne:
[a nː e]

Stop
Occurrences:
1,259
Examples:
* elips:
[e l i p s]
* zapt:
[z a p t]
* pasif:
[p a s i f]
* pamuk:
[p a m u k]
Occurrences:
3
Examples:
* kappa:
[k a pː a]
* zappa:
[z a pː a]
Occurrences:
2,244
Examples:
* bloğa:
[b l o a]
* nobel:
[n o b e l]
* kabul:
[k a b u l]
* başım:
[b a ʃ ɯ m]
Occurrences:
4
Examples:
Occurrences:
4,858
Examples:
* tefek:
[t e f e k]
* tut:
[t u t]
* artık:
[a ɾ t ɯ k]
* çatı:
[tʃ a t ɯ]
Occurrences:
210
Examples:
* hattı:
[h a tː ɯ]
* attı:
[a tː ɯ]
* yetti:
[j e tː i]
* hatta:
[h a tː a]
Occurrences:
6,052
Examples:
* video:
[v i d e o]
* mıdır:
[m ɯ d ɯ ɾ]
* dönük:
[d œ n y k]
* ledra:
[l e d ɾ a]
Occurrences:
76
Examples:
* zıddı:
[z ɯ dː ɯ]
* ddik:
[dː i k]
* iddia:
[i dː i a]
* cadde:
[dʒ a dː e]
Occurrences:
6,160
Examples:
* kulak:
[k u l a k]
* kralı:
[k ɾ a l ɯ]
* kabul:
[k a b u l]
* tefek:
[t e f e k]
Occurrences:
39
Examples:
* sikke:
[s i kː e]
* hakkı:
[h a kː ɯ]
Occurrences:
1,639
Examples:
* gümüş:
[ɡ y m y ʃ]
* gene:
[ɡ e n e]
* gemi:
[ɡ e m i]
* ring:
[ɾ i n ɡ]
Occurrences:
1
Examples:

Affricate
Occurrences:
1,299
Examples:
* kaçan:
[k a tʃ a n]
* kaçak:
[k a tʃ a k]
* üçer:
[y tʃ e ɾ]
* çatı:
[tʃ a t ɯ]
Occurrences:
1,422
Examples:
* cuma:
[dʒ u m a]
* sizce:
[s i z dʒ e]
* icat:
[i dʒ a t]
* ilacı:
[i l a dʒ ɯ]
Occurrences:
2
Examples:

Sibilant
Occurrences:
4,509
Examples:
* insan:
[i n s a n]
* sonu:
[s o n u]
* elips:
[e l i p s]
* selam:
[s e l a m]
Occurrences:
48
Examples:
* hisse:
[h i sː e]
Occurrences:
2,054
Examples:
* muyuz:
[m u j u z]
* sızan:
[s ɯ z a n]
* faiz:
[f a i z]
* zapt:
[z a p t]
Occurrences:
7
Examples:
Occurrences:
2,495
Examples:
* gümüş:
[ɡ y m y ʃ]
* kışı:
[k ɯ ʃ ɯ]
* başım:
[b a ʃ ɯ m]
* beşin:
[b e ʃ i n]
Occurrences:
1
Examples:
* şşş:
[ʃː ʃ]
Occurrences:
127
Examples:
* joe:
[ʒ o e]
* janiç:
[ʒ a n i tʃ]
* jonuz:
[ʒ o n u z]
* john:
[ʒ o h n]

Fricative
Occurrences:
733
Examples:
* tefek:
[t e f e k]
* fırın:
[f ɯ ɾ ɯ n]
* fikir:
[f i k i ɾ]
* faiz:
[f a i z]
Occurrences:
10
Examples:
* duffy:
[d u fː j]
Occurrences:
1,040
Examples:
* video:
[v i d e o]
* vekil:
[v e k i l]
* evi:
[e v i]
* sivil:
[s i v i l]
Occurrences:
21
Examples:
* evvel:
[e vː e l]
Occurrences:
1,313
Examples:
* hattı:
[h a tː ɯ]
* tihiç:
[t i h i tʃ]
* hat:
[h a t]
* hazır:
[h a z ɯ ɾ]
Occurrences:
6
Examples:
* uhhuh:
[u hː u h]
* ahh:
[a hː]
* ohh:
[o hː]

Approximant
Occurrences:
4,973
Examples:
* onayı:
[o n a j ɯ]
* muyuz:
[m u j u z]
* iyi:
[i j i]
* yaşlı:
[j a ʃ l ɯ]
Occurrences:
4
Examples:

Tap
Occurrences:
10,142
Examples:
* kralı:
[k ɾ a l ɯ]
* üçer:
[y tʃ e ɾ]
* fırın:
[f ɯ ɾ ɯ n]
* artık:
[a ɾ t ɯ k]
Occurrences:
22
Examples:
* harry:
[h a ɾː j]
* larry:
[l a ɾː j]
* sırrı:
[s ɯ ɾː ɯ]

Lateral
Occurrences:
9,014
Examples:
* bloğa:
[b l o a]
* kulak:
[k u l a k]
* nobel:
[n o b e l]
* kralı:
[k ɾ a l ɯ]
Occurrences:
276
Examples:
* elli:
[e lː i]
* all:
[a lː]
* allak:
[a lː a k]
* eller:
[e lː e ɾ]

Vowels#

Vowel symbols to the left of are unrounded and those to the right are rounded.

Front

Near-Front

Central

Near-Back

Back

Close
Occurrences:
10,861
Examples:
* insan:
[i n s a n]
* elips:
[e l i p s]
* video:
[v i d e o]
* gemi:
[ɡ e m i]
Occurrences:
2,423
Examples:
* gümüş:
[ɡ y m y ʃ]
* üçer:
[y tʃ e ɾ]
* dönük:
[d œ n y k]
* çünkü:
[tʃ y n k y]
Occurrences:
7,751
Examples:
* hattı:
[h a tː ɯ]
* kralı:
[k ɾ a l ɯ]
* onayı:
[o n a j ɯ]
* kışı:
[k ɯ ʃ ɯ]
Occurrences:
4,501
Examples:
* cuma:
[dʒ u m a]
* kulak:
[k u l a k]
* kabul:
[k a b u l]
* sonu:
[s o n u]

Close-Mid
Occurrences:
12,057
Examples:
* nobel:
[n o b e l]
* gene:
[ɡ e n e]
* tefek:
[t e f e k]
* elips:
[e l i p s]
Occurrences:
3,644
Examples:
* bloğa:
[b l o a]
* nobel:
[n o b e l]
* onayı:
[o n a j ɯ]
* sonu:
[s o n u]

Open-Mid
Occurrences:
1,060
Examples:
* dönük:
[d œ n y k]
* köyün:
[k œ j y n]
* özgür:
[œ z ɡ y ɾ]
* kökü:
[k œ k y]

Open
Occurrences:
16,739
Examples:
* bloğa:
[b l o a]
* insan:
[i n s a n]
* cuma:
[dʒ u m a]
* hattı:
[h a tː ɯ]
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