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+(ns com.owoga.phonetics.stress-manip
+  (:require [clojure.string :as string]))
+
+(defn primary-stress?
+  [phone]
+  (re-find #"1" phone))
+
+(defn non-primary-stress?
+  [phone]
+  (re-find #"[2-9]" phone))
+
+(defn unstressed?
+  [phone]
+  (re-find #"0" phone))
+
+(defn remove-any-stress-signifiers
+  [phones]
+  (map #(string/replace % #"\d" "") phones))
+
+(defn remove-non-primary-stress-signifiers
+  [phones]
+  (map #(string/replace % #"[02-9]" "") phones))
+
+(defn unify-stressed
+  [phones]
+  (map #(string/replace % #"[2-9]" "1") phones))
+
+(def consonant-unification-map
+  "This almost aligns with the phonemap that maps phones to whether they are vowels, aspirates, nasals, etc...
+  Slight but possibly important difference in stops. For example, I think T and D
+  are more unified than T and G; and G and K are more unifide than G and T."
+  {"T" "T"
+   "CH" "CH"
+   "K" "K"
+   "HH" "HH"
+   "L" "L"
+   "JH" "CH" ;; <-
+   "G" "K"   ;; <-
+   "M" "M"   ;; <-
+   "S" "S"
+   "Y" "Y"
+   "Z" "S"   ;; <-
+   "R" "R"
+   "F" "F"
+   "B" "B"
+   "SH" "CH" ;; <-
+   "P" "B"   ;; <-
+   "V" "F"   ;; <-
+   "TH" "T"  ;; <-
+   "N" "M"   ;; <-
+   "DH" "T"  ;; <-
+   "W"  "Y"  ;; <-
+   "ZH" "S"  ;; <-
+   "NG" "M"  ;; <-
+   "D" "T"   ;; <-
+   })
+
+(defn unify-consonants
+  [phones]
+  (mapv #(get consonant-unification-map % %) phones))
+
+(defn remove-unstressed-signifiers
+  [phones]
+  (map #(string/replace % #"0" "")))