SCML (Sound Change Markup Language)

SCML is the language you use to tell Pyphon what sound changes you would like to apply. This page details the SCML specification.

See below for a working draft of the XML schema that defines SCML.

<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

</xs:schema>

Below is an example SCML file:

<scml def="scml.xsd">
    <!-- After completing the following stage, Pyphon will output stage1.csv -->
    <stage id=1>
        <!-- The following change lowers and unrounds any vowels that appear after a sonorant+plosive sequence -->
        <change id=1 affects="{vowel}" position="{sonorant}{plosive}_">
            <process type="rel">+lower</process>
            <process type="rel">-round</process>
        </change>
        <!-- The following change turns every /n/ into an /m/ if followed by a /p/ -->
        <change id=2 affects="n" position="_p">
            <process type="abs">m</process>
        </change>
    </stage>
</scml>