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Jamaican Creole is regular and phonetic in Cassidy/JLU orthography, therefore a module could be used to automatically generate the Pronunciation section with a template such as Template:jam-p. I cannot code, but these this is a list of all the conversions the module would have to do. On the left is the Jamaican Creole word input, and on the right is the IPA output.

For example:

1. input word: foundieshan
2. should output: IPA^(key): /fɔundɪɛʃan/

Vowels

Long vowels

• aa → /aː/
• ii → /iː/
• uu → /uː/

Diphtongs

• ai → /aɪ/
• ie → /ɪɛ/
• uo → /uɔ/
• ou → /ɔu/

Nasal vowels (short and long)

• ahn → /ã/
• aahn → /ãː/
• ehn → /ɛ̃/
• eehn → /ɛ̃ː/
• ihn → /ĩ/
• iihn → /ĩː/
• ohn → /õ/
• oohn → /õː/
• uhn → /ũ/
• uuhn → /ũː/

Regular vowels

• a → /a/
• e → /e/
• i → /ɪ/
• o → /o/
• u → /u/

i is /i/ when preceded by these consonants

• di → /di/
• ki → /ki/
• li → /li/
• ni → /ni/
• ri → /ɹi/
• vi → /vi/
• wi → /wi/

i is /i/ when preceded by these consonants, only at the ends of words

• _bi → /bi/
• _pi → /pi/
• _mi → /mi/
• _si → /si/

Consonants

Consonant is syllabic, but only at the end of a word

• /l̩/ → if penultimate letter is: b, g, k, p, v
• /m̩/ → if penultimate letter is: b, p
• /n̩/ → if penultimate letter is: b, d, p, s, t, z

examples:
likl = /likl̩/
sopm = /sopm̩/

Regular consonants

• b → /b/
• ch → /t͡ʃ/
• d → /d/
• f → /f/
• g → /g/
• gy → /ɟ/
• h → /h/
• j → /d͡ʒ/
• k → /k/
• l → /l/
• m → /m/
• n → /n/
• ng → /ŋ/
• ny → /ɲ/
• p → /p/
• r → /ɹ/
• s → /s/
• sh → /ʃ/
• t → /t/
• v → /v/
• w → /w/
• x → /ks/
• y → /j/
• z → /z/
• zh → /ʒ/