The .fon format

Files of type .fon comprise a manually verified broad phonetic transcription in text format (ShortTextGrid) and can be produced, changed or viewed by means of the PRAAT software. The time markers in a .fon file are identical to those in the .ort file. For a description of the ShortTextGrid format, see the description of the .ort format. In a .fon file the same number of speaker tiers can be found as in the corresponding ort file, i.e. a BACKGOUND and/or COMMENT tier that occurs in the .ort file is omitted.

Below an overview is presented of the symbol set used in the Spoken Dutch Corpus:
 
Class Example CGN symbol
Plosives put p
  bad b
  tak t
  dak d
  kat k
  goal g
Fricatives fiets f
  vat v
  sap s
  zat z
  sjaal S
  ravage Z
  licht x
  regen G
  geheel h
Sonorants lang N
  mat m
  nat n
  oranje J
  lat l
  rat r
  wat w
  jas j
Short vowels lip I
  leg E
  lat A
  bom O
  put Y
Long vowels liep i
  buur y
  leeg e
  deuk 2
  laat a
  boom o
  boek u
Schwa gelijk @
Diphthongs wijs E+
  huis Y+
  koud A+
Marginal vowels scène E:
  freule Y:
  zone O:
Nasal vowels vaccin E~
  croissant A~
  congé O~
  parfum Y~

Apart from the above symbols there are four further symbols/codes that are used in the phonetic transcriptions:
 
_ (underscore) used with shared sounds /om_mer/
- (hyphen) used for inserted sounds /du-w-an/
[] (angled brackets) for an inaudible word or part of a word. /hE+ lest [] blAtsE+d@/
/hE+ lest tin blAt[] vor/
# for non-speech speaker sounds, analogous to the code ggg to the orthographic transcription. /hE+ lest [] blAts#/

For a detailed account of the .fon format we refer to the Protocol voor Brede Fonetische Transcriptie (Gillis 2001); here available in .ps- en .pdf format (Dutch only).