::shortVowel:: =  ܸ|ܲ
::westernVowel:: =  ܰ|ܱ|ܳ|ܴ|ܶ|ܷ|ܺ|ܻ|ܽ|ܾ
::easternVowel:: =  ܲ|ܵ|ܸ|ܼ|ܿ|ܹ 
::vowel:: = ::westernVowel::|::easternVowel::
::consonant:: =  ܐ|ܒ|ܓ|ܕ|ܗ|ܘ|ܙ|ܚ|ܛ|ܝ|ܟ|ܠ|ܡ|ܢ|ܣ|ܥ|ܦ|ܨ|ܩ|ܪ|ܫ|ܬ|ܤ|ܖ
::talqana:: =   ݇
::consonantMod:: = '݀|݁|݂|݃|݄|݅|݆|݇|݈|݉|݊'

% Glottal stop (Allap or ܐ) at the ends of words is not pronounced
ܐ -> 0 / (::vowel::) _ #
% ܗ -> 0 / _ #

% Delete "lost" letters
%(ܐ|ܒ|ܓ|ܕ|ܗ|ܘ|ܙ|ܚ|ܛ|ܝ|ܟ|ܠ|ܡ|ܢ|ܣ|ܥ|ܦ|ܩ|ܪ|ܫ|ܬ|ܨ|ܤ)݇  -> 0 / _
%݇ -> 0 / _
%(::consonant::)::talqana:: -> 0 / _
(::consonant::)(::consonantMod::|0)::talqana:: -> 0 / _

% Consonants usually geminate after short vowels
%	This also probably needs to take into account stress information
%	in order to be accurate
% The rule is written twice here because the first one will double every other occurence
%	in a repeated string of these
0 -> ː / (::shortVowel::)(::consonant::) _ (::vowel::)
0 -> ː / (::shortVowel::)(::consonant::) _ (::vowel::)

% Historical Spellings where the initial consonant became a vowel preceded by a glottal stop
ܝܼ -> ʔi / # _
ܘܼ -> ʔu / # _
ܘܿ -> ʔo / # _

% Might be better in the map file
% Need to add similar rules for kul + suffixes
ܗ̇ܘ -> haw / # _
ܗ̇ܝ-> hay / # _