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File Formats

Each file is an ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) or UTF-8 (Unicode) tab delimited file. Each of the files contains a header and termination record.

The following table lists the content and format of each file.

Field NameTypeColumnDescription
TextCharacterColumn APlain Text - Location Name
Phonetic TextCharacterColumn BPhonetic Transcription of Plain Text Names; Contains NT-Sampa
PreferredCharacterColumn CNotes whether the Phonetic Text is a Preferred Phonetic Transcription for the Plain Text Name Y or N (Y = Yes and N = No)
Phonetic LanguageCharacterColumn D3-letter Phonetic Language Code indicated for the Phonetic Text.