Homographs

Homographs (same writing) but not homophone (not same pronunciation), aka Heteronym require a suffix to differentiates these audios. The suffix should not be pronounced nor recorded.

Rule

1. If one pronunciation is clearly the norm, no suffix is needed
2. For equal rank or rare pronunciations, add to that word a suffix within brackets, like so:
   # word (suffix).
3. This suffix should hint at the difference between both items.

Example

In French, the following are homographs non homophones, the part between brackets is not read aloud in LinguaLibre.

Distinction via the part of speech :

• # excellent (v), pronounced and recorded `excel`
• # excellent (adj), pronounced and recorded `excellant`

Distinction via semantic synonyms :

• # crooked (injured), pronounced and recorded `crookaid` /ˈkrʊkɪd/
• # crooked (corrupt), pronounced and recorded `crookt` /ˈkrʊkt/

Distinction via pronunciation in a transcription of your choice, here with IPA:

• # crooked (/ˈkrʊkɪd/), pronounced and recorded `crookaid` /ˈkrʊkɪd/
• # crooked (/ˈkrʊkt/), pronounced and recorded `crookt` /ˈkrʊkt/

In some language, word can be pronounced and recorded differently if read by a man or woman :

• # vert (masculin), pronounced and recorded `ver`
• # vert (féminin), pronounced and recorded `verte`

In practice

Within your list such as List:mnw/Commons, transform :

# ကစေံ1
# ကစေံ2

into

#ကစေံ (read)
#ကစေံ (speak)

You can now record your words, without reading the suffix.

Draft

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