Here's my alternative take. It's in the form of a filter (reads from standard input). 

#! /usr/bin/perl -p

@T{"temnaiogkdwrusXöqzycxbjpälüfvh"=~/./g}=grep!/[^12]/,1..2x4;
s/./$T{lc$&} /g;y/12/-./

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Update. A transformed (y/12/21/) mapping moves the X to the string end where it can be dropped; one char saved. 

#! /usr/bin/perl -p

@T{"etianmsurwdkgohvfüläpjbxcyzqö"=~/./g}=grep!/[^12]/,1..2x4;
s/./$T{lc$&} /g;y/12/.-/

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Update3. Super Search found me this: Morse Code as binary. (And this, this). Here's another variant. 

#! /usr/bin/perl -p

s!.!sprintf("%b ",2+index"etianmsurwdkgohvfüläpjbxcyzqö",lc$&)=~s/.//r
+=~y/01/.-/r!ge

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As for golfing tricks and links, take a look at the eyepopslikeamosquito user page. There there's a full section of golfing articles.

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