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#1 neglego and related words are always syllabified in Latin poetry with [nɛg.l].

#2 words like abluo or abrumpo are always syllabified in Latin poetry with [ab.l] and [ab.r]. The same goes for words starting with ob-, sub-, ad-: the consonant at the end of the prefix doesn't get syllabified with a following /r/ or /l/ (although it does get syllabified with a following vowel).

#3 Words like gaza are syllabified in Classical Latin poetry as [gaz.za], with double [z.z].

#4 Words like maior/major have double [j.j] in the middle, not /ɪ/ or single /j/.

It seems that word initial <i> isn't recognized as a consonant, and word final -m is treated as a consonant 
while typically final -am -em -um -im are short syllables in isolation, presumably with the vowel nasalized.
And presumably scansion isn't currently functional?

Very cool idea.

Just a few points about the IPA:

- short i before a vowel has /i/ quality, likewise short u /u/

- you've got your work cut out for you writing all the cases for final m (assimilates to following consonants, in certain cases even word internally such as quamquam, -que, etc., nasalizes preceding vowels in front of fricatives, vowels and h-)

- -gn- = ŋn

- n before c, g, k, x = ŋ

- ngu<vowel> should become ŋɡʷ except in certain cases such as languī which is /laŋɡui/

- consonant cluster assimilation: plebs = /plɛps/. You could write a rule b -> p before voiceless consonants. There are other examples of this but I can't think of any right now.

Looking forward to see where this goes!