import { PhoneticType } from '../enums/PhoneticType';
declare class Phonetic {
    constructor();
    private parseTone;
    private replaceVowelWithAccentedVowel;
    private createAppropriateVowelWithAccent;
    private retrieveVowelsBeforeNumber;
    private replaceNumberWithAccentedVowel;
    /**
         * Sets the tone for a syllable even if a light tone syllable is right up against another valid toned syllable.
         *
         * @param phonic Zhuyin The new zhuyin character converted from pinyin.
         * @param letters string The remaining pinyin letters after the zhuyin has been created.
         * @param tone number The extracted tone number that should only be applied to the last zhuyin.
         */
    private setToneWithPossibleMalformedPinyinHandling;
    replaceNumberedRomanLettersWithZhuyin(letters: string, tone: number): string;
    convertNumberedPinyinTo(phoneticType: PhoneticType, value: string): Array<string>;
    private toPhoneticCharacters;
    create(phonicType: PhoneticType, phonicValue: Array<string>): string[];
}
export default Phonetic;