TY - GEN
T1 - Formant analysis and mathematical model of Kazakh vowels
AU - Yessenbayev, Zhandos
AU - Karabalayeva, Muslima
AU - Sharipbayev, Altynbek
PY - 2012/7/4
Y1 - 2012/7/4
N2 - The traditional classification of Kazakh vowels, the most complicated objects in Kazakh phonetics, is somewhat inadequate in that it does not uniquely identify each vowel. Moreover, the formant structure of the vowels has not been investigated yet, which would potentially be useful in many applications regarding speech processing. In this work a formant analysis of Kazakh vowels is performed. This analysis suggests a new natural classification system which precisely describes each vowel. The proposed classification is supported by the membership function introduced and by the geometric interpretation derived from the constructed vowel space. Further, from this mathematical model some linguistic statements are inferred, which are related to the real phonological processes.
AB - The traditional classification of Kazakh vowels, the most complicated objects in Kazakh phonetics, is somewhat inadequate in that it does not uniquely identify each vowel. Moreover, the formant structure of the vowels has not been investigated yet, which would potentially be useful in many applications regarding speech processing. In this work a formant analysis of Kazakh vowels is performed. This analysis suggests a new natural classification system which precisely describes each vowel. The proposed classification is supported by the membership function introduced and by the geometric interpretation derived from the constructed vowel space. Further, from this mathematical model some linguistic statements are inferred, which are related to the real phonological processes.
KW - Kazakh phonetics
KW - formant analysis
KW - geometric model
KW - membership function
KW - vowels classification
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U2 - 10.1109/UKSim.2012.66
DO - 10.1109/UKSim.2012.66
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863100028
SN - 9780769546827
T3 - Proceedings - 2012 14th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2012
SP - 427
EP - 431
BT - Proceedings - 2012 14th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2012
T2 - 2012 14th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2012
Y2 - 28 March 2012 through 30 March 2012
ER -