Word Generator

This is a library for generating random fictional words based on phonetic patterns.

Documentation is available here.

Symbol Reference

When constructing a pattern string for word generation, the following symbols (non-terminals) representing phonological categories are available.

Uppercase alphabetical characters and any characters not in this list will be treated as terminals (output verbatim, though transformed to lowercase).

Standard Characters

| Symbol | Category | Elements | | --- | --- | --- | | # | Digits | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | | a | Affricates | ch, j | | b | Voiced Dental Plosive | d, dh | | c | Consonants | b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z | | d | Bilabials | p, b, m | | e | Dentals | d, n, t, l | | f | Fricatives | f, v, th, dh, s, z, sh, zh, h | | g | Labiodentals | f, v | | h | Voiceless Dental Plosives | t, th | | i | Voiceless | h, f | | j | Alveolars | t, d, s, z, n, l | | k | Velar Plosives | c, k | | l | Liquids | l, r | | m | Close Mid Vowels | i, ö, eu, oe, e | | n | Nasals | m, n, ng | | o | Stops | t, d, p | | p | Plosives | g, k, p, b, t, d, q | | q | Palatals/Post-alveolars | sh, zh, ch, j, y | | r | Glottals | h, ? | | s | Sibilants | s, sh, z, zh | | t | Stridents | f, v, s, sh, z, zh | | u | Approximants/Glides | w, y | | v | Vowels | a, e, i, o, u | | w | Velars | w, wh, g | | x | Accented Vowels | á, é, í, ó, ú | | y | Open Vowels | e, ee, i, oo, y, ie | | z | Trills/Flaps | r, rr |

Greek Characters

| Symbol | Category | Elements | | --- | --- | --- | | α | Diphthongs | oi, ou, ai, ei, au | | β | Front Vowels | i, e, æ | | γ | Back Vowels | u, o, ɔ, ɑ | | δ | Rounded Vowels | o, u | | ε | Unrounded Vowels | a, e, i | | ζ | Voiceless Fricatives | f, th, s, sh, h | | η | Voiced Fricatives | v, dh, z, zh | | θ | Voiceless Stops | p, t, k, c, q | | ι | Voiced Stops | b, d, g |