vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
Japanese symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for Japanese. The significant symbols in example Japanese words are shown in bold.



 Vowels and marks 



Table 1. Vowels and marks (Japanese)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a<br><br>ɐ<br><br>ɑ 0061<br><br>0250<br><br>0251 相手(アイテ) 
 i i<br><br>ɪ 0069<br><br>026A いたずら(イタズラ) 
 u ɯ<br><br>u 026F<br><br>0075 宇宙(ウチュウ) 
 e e<br><br>ɛ 0065<br><br>025B 絵本(エホン) 
 o o<br><br>ɒ<br><br>ɔ 006F<br><br>0252<br><br>0254 お菓子(オカシ) 
 : ^1^ ː 02D0 レース 
 ^ ꜜ<br><br>^ A71C<br><br>005E コグꜜニティブ 
 '_n' ɴ<br><br>ŋ 0274<br><br>014B 満月(マンゲツ) 



Note:



1. The : symbol must be followed by a vowel, possibly with other symbols, such as syllable boundary, in between.







 Consonants 



Table 2. Consonants (Japanese)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 b b<br><br>v 0062<br><br>0076 バナナ 
 'by' bj 0062+006A 白夜(ビャクヤ) 
 'ch' ʧ<br><br>ʨ 02A7<br><br>02A8 地図(チズ) 
 d d 0064 団子(ダンゴ) 
 'dy' dj 0064+006A デュエット 
 f ɸ<br><br>f 0278<br><br>066 不夜城(フヤジョウ)
Dutch (Netherlands) symbols 

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The service supports the following symbols for Netherlands Dutch.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 @ ə 0259 de, unieke 
 A ɑ 0251 bank, pad 
 E ɛ 025B heft, bed 
 i i 0069 vier, piet 
 I ɪ 026A kip, ring 
 O ɔ 0254 jong, rob 
 u u 0075 douche, koen 
 y y 0079 uur, duur 
 Y ʏ 028F drugs, druk, hut 







 Long vowels 



Table 2. Long vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'a:' aː 0061+02D0 zaad, vaas 
 'e:' eː 0065+02D0 peet, meervoud 
 'E:' ɛː 025B+02D0 flair, airbag 
 '2:' øː 00F8+02D0 neus, shirt, euro 
 '9:' œː 0153+02D0 freuletjes 
 'o:' oː 006F+02D0 nodig, Rome 
 'Q:' ɒː 0252+02D0 amazone 







 Nasalized vowels 



Table 3. Nasalized vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 SPR symbol ^1^ IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'a:'n aːn 0061+02D0+006E dependances 
 'e:'n eːn 0065+02D0+006E Chopin 
 'o:'n oːn 006F+02D0+006E enquête, genre 



Note:



1. In the SPR symbols, the single quotes that surround two-character symbols mean that the characters are interpreted as a single symbol. For example, the SPR 'a:'n consists of two SPR symbols: a: and n. You must include the single quotes as shown when you use the symbols in an SPR pronunciation for a word.







 Diphthongs 



Table 4.
English (United States) symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for United States (US) English.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (US English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a<br><br>aː<br><br>ɑ<br><br>ɑː<br><br>ɐ 0061<br><br>0061+02D0<br><br>0251<br><br>0251+02D0<br><br>0250 father, lot 
 A æ 00E6 back, had 
 e e<br><br>eɪ 0065<br><br>0065+026A cake, pain 
 E ɛ 025B hedge, let 
 i i<br><br>iː 0069<br><br>0069+02D0 see, speak, believe 
 I ɪ 026A pick, ill 
 o o<br><br>oʊ 006F<br><br>006F+028A both, oak 
 c ɔ<br><br>ɔː<br><br>ɒ 0254<br><br>0254+02D0<br><br>0252 law, cough 
 u u<br><br>uː 0075<br><br>0075+02D0 zoo, truth 
 U ʊ<br><br>ɯ 028A<br><br>026F took, put 
 H ʌ 028C but, mug, son 
 R ə˞<br><br>ɚ<br><br>ɜː<br><br>ɝ 0259+02DE<br><br>025A<br><br>025C+02D0<br><br>025D butter, hurt 







 Diphthongs 



Table 2. Diphthongs (US English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 O ɔɪ 0254+026A toil, boy 
 W aʊ 0061+028A out, cow 
 Y aɪ 0061+026A life, fine 







 Reduced vowels
French (Canadian) symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for Canadian French.



 Vowels 



Table 1. Vowels (Canadian French)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a 0061 pattes, lac, cave, information 
 A ɑ 0251 char, mâle 
 e e 0065 café, deformer, été 
 E ɛ<br><br>ɜ 025B<br><br>025C faite, dresser, père, annuaire, fête 
 i i 0069 si, typique 
 I ɪ 026A site, plastique, ride 
 o o 006F paule, beau, tôt, côté, vaudevilliste 
 c ɔ<br><br>ɒ 0254<br><br>0252 paul, note, échalotte, loge, encore 
 u u 0075 roue, où, tour, four, douze 
 U ʊ 028A foule, mousse 
 y y 0079 utile, pure, Bruno, dur, buse 
 Y ʏ 028F autobus, chute 
 x ə 0259 le, que 
 'eu' ø<br><br>ɵ 00F8<br><br>0275 jeûne, émeute, meuglement 
 'oe' œ<br><br>ɶ 0153<br><br>0276 peur, jeune, déjeuner, cependant, cheval 
 'a' ã<br><br>ɑ̃ 0061+0303<br><br>0251+0303 banc, en, temps 
 'E' ẽ<br><br>ɛ̃ 0065+0303<br><br>025B+0303 fin, plein, faim 
 'o' õ<br><br>ɔ̃ 006F+0303<br><br>0254+0303 bon, pont, mon 
 'oe' œ̃ 0153+0303 un, aucun 







 Consonants 



Table 2. Consonants (Canadian French)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
PostgreSQL ICU Support 

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English (Australian) symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for Australian (AU) English.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (AU English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a<br><br>aː<br><br>ɑ<br><br>ɑː<br><br>ɐ 0061<br><br>0061+02D0<br><br>0251<br><br>0251+02D0<br><br>0250 path, father, chant 
 A æ 00E6 back, had 
 e e<br><br>eɪ 0065<br><br>0065+026A cake, pain 
 E ɛ 025B hedge, let 
 i iː 0069+02D0 see, speak, believe 
 I ɪ 026A pick, ill 
 o o<br><br>oʊ<br><br>əʊ 006F<br><br>006F+028A<br><br>0259+028A both, oak 
 c ɔ<br><br>ɔː 0254<br><br>0254+02D0 law, court, hall, water 
 @ ɒ 0252 rod, cough 
 u u<br><br>uː 0075<br><br>0075+02D0 zoo, truth 
 U ʊ 028A took, put 
 H ʌ 028C but, mug, son 
 R ɜ<br><br>ɜː<br><br>ɚ<br><br>ɝ 025C<br><br>025C+02D0<br><br>025A<br><br>025D butter, hurt 







 Diphthongs 



Table 2. Diphthongs (AU English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 O ɔɪ 0254+026A toil, boy 
 W aʊ 0061+028A out, cow 
 Y aɪ 0061+026A life, fine
'OE' œ<br><br>ɶ 0153<br><br>0276 können, hölzern, östlich 







 Diphthongs 



Table 2. Diphthongs (German)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'aj' ai<br><br>aɪ 0061+0069<br><br>0061+026A heim, Waise, Mai 
 'aw' au<br><br>aʊ 0061+0075<br><br>0061+028A Haus, Maul, Frau 
 'oj' ɔi<br><br>ɔy<br><br>ɔɪ<br><br>ɔʏ 0254+0069<br><br>0254+0079<br><br>0254+026A<br><br>0254+028F heute, Gebäude, Häuser 







 Nasalized vowels 

Nasalized vowels in German occur mostly in foreign loan words.



Table 3. Nasalized vowels (German)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'a' ã<br><br>ɐ̃ 0061+0303<br><br>0250+0303 Chance 
 'E' ẽ<br><br>ɛ̃ 0065+0303<br><br>025B+0303 Teint 
 'o' õ<br><br>ɔ̃ 006F+0303<br><br>0254+0303 Pardon 
 'oe' ø̃<br><br>œ̃ 00F8+0303<br><br>0153+0303 Parfum 







 Reduced vowels 



Table 4. Reduced vowels (German)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 @ ə<br><br>ɵ<br><br>ɘ 0259<br><br>0275<br><br>0258 bitte, Kamera, Boden 







 Consonants 



Table 5. Consonants (German)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
Dutch (Netherlands) symbols (obsolete) 

The service supported the following symbols for the obsolete neural voices for Netherlands Dutch. These voices were replaced with an alternative enhanced neural voice and removed from the service on 31 March 2023. The symbols are available to help users migrate from the obsolete Netherlands Dutch neural voices to the new Netherlands Dutch enhanced neural voice.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 ɑ 0251 bad 
 ɛ 025B bed 
 ɪ 026A vis 
 ɔ 0254 pot 
 ʏ 028F hut 
 u 0075 hoed 
 ø 00F8 beuk 
 ə 0259 de 
 ʌ 028C glove 







 Long vowels 



Table 2. Long vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a 0061 naam 
 e 0065 heet 
 i 0069 diep 
 ɪː 026A+02D0 keel 
 o 006F poot 
 y 0079 uur 
 iː 0069+02D0 cheap 
 ɛː 0258+02D0 gêne 
 ɔː 0254+02D0 roze 
 uː 0075+02D0 blue 
 yː 0079+02D0 bühne 
 œː<br><br>œ 0153+02D0<br><br>Not available oeuvre 







 Nasalized vowels 



Table 3. Nasalized vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 ɑ̃ 0251+0303 chanson 
 ɛ̃ 025B+0303 timbre 
 ɔ̃ 0254+0303 bonbon 
 œ̃ 0153+0303 parfum 







 Diphthongs 



Table 4. Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 ɛi 025B+0069 fijn 
 ɑu 0251+0075 kou 
 œy 0153+0079 huis 







 Semi vowels 



Table 5. Semi vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 w 0077 windows 
 j 006A jas 







 Consonants 



Table 6.
デュ, デョ, トゥ, ドゥ, ニェ, ニャ, ニュ, ニョ, ヒャ, ヒュ, ヒョ, ビャ, ビュ, ビョ, ピィ

ピャ, ピュ, ピョ, ファ, フィ, フェ, フォ, フュ, ミャ, ミュ, ミョ, リィ, リェ, リャ, リュ

リョ, ヴァ, ヴィ, ヴェ, ヴォ, ヴュ
* Use only the following syllables after an assimilated sound (soku-on, or 促音, in Japanese):

バ, ビ, ブ, ベ, ボ, チ, チェ, チャ, チュ, チョ, ダ, デ, ディ, ド, ドゥ, フ

ファ, フィ, フェ, フォ, ガ, ギ, グ, ゲ, ゴ, ハ, ヒ, ヘ, ホ, ジ, ジェ, ジャ

ジュ, ジョ, カ, キ, ク, ケ, コ, キャ, キュ, キョ, パ, ピ, プ, ペ, ポ, ピャ

ピュ, ピョ, サ, ス, セ, ソ, シ, シェ, シャ, シュ, ショ, タ, テ, ト, ツ, ザ

ズ, ゼ, ゾ
* Do not use ン as the first character of a word. For example, use ウーント instead of ンート, the latter of which is invalid.
* The character-sequence ウー is ambiguous in some left contexts. Do not use characters (syllables) that end with the phoneme /o/, such as ロ and ト. In such cases, use ウウ or just ウ instead of ウー. For example, use ロウウマン or ロウマン instead of ロウーマン.
* Many compound words consist of prefix+noun or noun+suffix. The character sequences of the base model cover most compound words that occur frequently (for example, 長電話 and 古新聞) but not those compound words that occur infrequently. If your corpus commonly contains compound words, add them as one word as the first step of your customization.
Baleares Day balearesday 
 Ash Wednesday ashwednesday 
 San Jose (Many regions) sanjose 
 Palm Sunday palmsunday 
 Maundy Thursday (Many regions) maundythursday 
 Good Friday goodfriday 
 Easter Sunday eastersunday 
 Easter Monday (Many regions) eastermonday 
 Aragon Day aragonday 
 Saint George Day stgeorgeday 
 Labor Day / May Day laborday 
 Community Day communityday 
 San Isidro saintisidro 
 Mothers' Day mothersday 
 Whit Sunday/Pentecost whitsunday 
 Feast of Saint James the Apostle (GA, PV, S) feastofsaintjamestheapostle 
 Assumption of Mary assumptionofmary 
 Hispanic Day hispanicday 
 All Saints' Day (All) allsaintsday 
 Constitution Day constitutionday 
 Immaculate Conception immaculateconception 
 Immaculate Conception observed (Many regions) immaculateconceptionobserved 
 Christmas Eve christmaseve 
 Christmas Day christmasday 
 Feast of the Holy Family feastoftheholyfamily 
 Corpus Christi corpuschristi 
 All Saints' Day' observed (Most regions) allsaintsdayobserved 
 Assumption observed assumptionobserved 
 Cantabria Day cantabriaday 
 Christmas Day observed (Balearic Islands) christmasdayobserved 
 Labor Day observed (Many regions) labordayobserved 
 Christmas Day observed (Many regions) christmasdayobserved 
 Immaculate Conception observed immaculateconceptionobserved 
 Hispanic Day observed (Many regions) hispanicdayobserved 
 Almuneda Day almunedaday 
 New Year's Eve newyearseve 







 Holidays (ar-ar) 



Arabic holidays

 Holiday name String to use to check for a festival match 

 new year newyear 
 Valentine valentine 
 easter sunday easter 
 christmas eve christmaseve 
 christmas christmas 
 Eid al-Fitr eidalfitr 
 Eid al-Adha eidaladha 
 Ramadan ramadan 
 Islamic New Year islamicnewyear 
 Ashura ashura 
 Mawlid an-Nabi mawlidannabi 
 Day of Arafat dayofarafat 
 Laylat al-Miraj laylatalmiraj
pʰ 0070+02B0 포도 
 b 0062 시비 
 t 0074 다음 
 tʰ 0074+02B0 토요일 
 d 0064 기도 
 ʨ 02AB 저울 
 ʨʰ 02AB+02B0 치과 
 ʣ 02A3 기자 
 k 006B 구두 
 kʰ 006B+02B0 카드 
 g 0067 지구 
 s 0073 사과 
 h 0068 효과 
 x 0078 이해 
 m 006D 메기 
 n 006E 나무 
 l 006C 라면 
 r 0072 고리 







 Double onset consonants 



Table 4. Double onset consonants (Korean)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 bb 0062+0062 뻐꾸기 
 dd 0064+0064 딸기 
 ʨʨ 02AB+02AB 쭈꾸미 
 gg 0067+0067 꼬마 
 ss 0073+0073 싸움 







 Coda consonants 



Table 5. Coda consonants (Korean)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 p 0070 집 
 t 0074 받침 
 k 006B 목 
 m 006D 힘 
 n 006E 손 
 ŋ 014B 장기 
 l 006C 날개
Italian symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for Italian.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (Italian)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a 0061 lasagna, allegro 
 e e 0065 nero, duetto 
 E ɛ 025B ecco, liceo 
 i i 0069 isola, formica 
 o o 006F padrone, attore 
 c ɔ 0254 costa, mosse 
 u u 0075 luna, ufficio 







 Consonants 



Table 2. Consonants (Italian)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 b b 0062 bocca, bere 
 C tʃ<br><br>ʧ 0074+0283<br><br>02A7 cece, ciao 
 d d 0064 dare, data 
 D dz<br><br>ʣ 0064+007A<br><br>02A3 zabaione, zero, zona 
 f f 0066 fare, forte 
 g g 0067 <br>0261 grande, regalo 
 J dʒ<br><br>ʤ 0064+0292<br><br>02A4 Giovanni, congelare 
 k k 006B casa, vecchio 
 l l 006C lento, palma 
 L ʎ 028E glielo, gli 
 m m 006D mamma, mano 
 n n 006E niente, notte 
 N ɲ 0272 gnocchi, lasagna 
 p p 0070 partire, poco 
 r r<br><br>ɾ 0072<br><br>027E caro, sereno 
 R rr<br><br>rː 0072+0072<br><br>0072+02D0 terra, torre 
 s s 0073 pesto, stare 
 S ʃ 0283 scegliere, lasciare 
 t t 0074 toccare, lento
'o:'n oːn 006F+02D0+006E enquête, genre 



Note:



1. In the SPR symbols, the single quotes that surround two-character symbols mean that the characters are interpreted as a single symbol. For example, the SPR 'a:'n consists of two SPR symbols: a: and n. You must include the single quotes as shown when you use the symbols in an SPR pronunciation for a word.







 Diphthongs 



Table 4. Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'aI' ɛi 025B+0069 aait, draait 
 'Au' ʌu 028C+0075 koud, faun 
 'eI' eɪ 0065+026A leiden, leidt 
 'e:'u eːu 0065+02D0+0075 sneeuw 
 '9y' œy 0153+0079 muis 
 iu iu 0069+0075 nieuw 
 'o:'i oː 006F+02D0 gooit, fooi, oei 
 ui ui 0075+0069 groeit 
 yu yu 0079+0075 duwen 







 Consonants 



Table 5. Consonants (Netherlands Dutch)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 b b 0062 bad 
 d d 0064 dak 
 'dZ' dʒ <br>ʤ 0064+0292 <br>02A4 jazz 
 f f 0066 fout 
 g g 0067 goal 
 G ɣ 0263 regen 
 h ɦ 0266 hand, hoed 
 j j 006A lesje 
 k k 006B kat 
 l l 006C land 
 m m 006D mat 
 n n 006E nek 
 N ŋ 014B storing 
 p p 0070 pad 
 r r 0072 rand 
 s s 0073 sap 
 S ʃ 0283 pasjes, chef 
 t t 0074 tak 
 v v 0076 vijf
r ɾ 027E para, pero 
 R r 0072 ropa, perro 
 s s 0073 silla, casa 
 t t 0074 toma, atar 
 T ^5^ θ 03B8 zapato, socio 
 w w 0077 fuera, deuda 
 y j 006A medio, oigo 
 Y ʝ ^6^ 029D yegua, playa 



Notes:



1. The IPA symbol h applies to North American and Latin American Spanish only.
2. The IPA symbol x applies to Castilian Spanish only.
3. The SPR symbol L maps to two different IPA symbols with different pronunciations for both North American and Latin American Spanish: ʎ and ʝ. Specifying this SPR symbol with these dialects might yield either of the two variants. The difference between the pronunciations is often indistinguishable to native speakers.
4. The IPA symbol ʝ maps to the SPR symbol L in North American and Latin American Spanish.
5. The SPR symbol T is realized only in Castilian Spanish. It is replaced internally with the phonetic symbol s in North American and Latin American Spanish, even when present in the SPR input.
6. The IPA symbol ʝ maps to the SPR symbol Y in Castilian Spanish.







 Allophones 

Each allophone is a variation of the phoneme indicated in parentheses. If an allophone is not used in SPR, the Text to Speech service automatically generates the appropriate variant for the given context.



Table 3. Allophones (Spanish)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 B (b) β 03B2 bobo, nueve 
 D (d) ð 00F0 hada, dedo 
 G (g) ɣ 0263 segar, lugar 
 z (s) z 007A mismo, desde 
 'ng' ^1^ ŋg 014B+0067 tango, engaño 
 'nk' ^1^ ŋk 014B+006B ancla, cinco 



Note:



1.
* Sounds-like: For this example, the sounds-like method is the simplest approach:

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curl -X PUT -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{"translation":"I triple E"}" "{url}/v1/customizations/{customization_id}/words/IEEE"

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curl -X PUT --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{"translation":"I triple E"}" "{url}/v1/customizations/{customization_id}/words/IEEE"
* Phonetic IPA: IPA requires use of the <phoneme> element with the alphabet attribute set to ipa and the ph attribute defined in IPA format:

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curl -X PUT -u "apikey:{apikey}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{"translation":"<phoneme alphabet=\"ipa\" ph=\"aɪ.tɹˈɨpəl.ˈi\"></phoneme>"}" "{url}/v1/customizations/{customization_id}/words/IEEE"

IBM Cloud Pak for Data

curl -X PUT --header "Authorization: Bearer {token}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{"translation":"<phoneme alphabet=\"ipa\" ph=\"aɪ.tɹˈɨpəl.ˈi\"></phoneme>"}" "{url}/v1/customizations/{customization_id}/words/IEEE"
* Phonetic IBM SPR: SPR uses the <phoneme> element with the alphabet attribute set to ibm and the ph attribute defined in SPR format:

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Korean symbols (obsolete) 

The service supported the following symbols for the obsolete neural voices for Korean. These voices were replaced with an alternative enhanced neural voice and removed from the service on 31 March 2023. The symbols are available to help users migrate from the obsolete Korean neural voices to the new Korean enhanced neural voice.



 Monophthongs 



Table 1. Monophthongs (Korean)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a 0061 아기 
 e 0065 에누리 
 i 0069 이발 
 o 006F 오리 
 u 0075 우산 
 ɛ 025B 애교 
 ø 00F8 외국 
 ʌ 028C 어머니 
 ɯ 026F 드디어 







 Diphthongs 



Table 2. Diphthongs (Korean)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 ja 006A+0061 야구 
 je 006A+0065 예술 
 jo 006A+006F 요리 
 ju 006A+0075 유자 
 jɛ 006A+025B 얘기 
 jʌ 006A+028C 여기 
 wa 0077+0061 와우 
 we 0077+0065 웨딩 
 wi 0077+0069 위기 
 wɛ 0077+025B 왜 
 wʌ 0077+028C 워낭 
 ɯi 026F+0069 의사 







 Onset consonants 



Table 3. Onset consonants (Korean)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 P 0070 바다 
 pʰ 0070+02B0 포도 
 b 0062 시비 
 t 0074 다음 
 tʰ 0074+02B0 토요일 
 d 0064 기도 
 ʨ 02AB 저울 
 ʨʰ 02AB+02B0 치과 
 ʣ 02A3 기자 
 k 006B 구두
r r<br><br>ɾ 0072<br><br>027E caro, sereno 
 R rr<br><br>rː 0072+0072<br><br>0072+02D0 terra, torre 
 s s 0073 pesto, stare 
 S ʃ 0283 scegliere, lasciare 
 t t 0074 toccare, lento 
 T ts<br><br>ʦ 0074+0073<br><br>02A6 zampa, zuppa 
 v v 0076 vano, vivere 
 w w 0077 nuovo, quando 
 y j 006A ieri, rasoio 
 z z 007A paese, sbaglio 







 Geminates 



Table 3. Geminates (Italian)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 CC tʧ<br><br>ttʃ 0074+02A7<br><br>0074+0074+0283 ghiaccio, feccia 
 DD dʣ<br><br>ddz 0064+02A3<br><br>0064+0064+007A azzurro, mezzo 
 JJ ddʒ<br><br>dʤ 0064+0064+0292<br><br>0064+02A4 Chioggia, maggio 
 TT tts<br><br>tʦ 0074+0074+0073<br><br>0074+02A6 tazza, chiazza 







 Allophones 

If an allophone is not used in SPR, the Text to Speech service automatically generates the appropriate variant for the given context.



Table 4. Allophones (Italian)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 'ng' ^1^ ŋg 014B+0067 <br>014B+0261 angolo, lungo 
 'nk' ^1^ ŋk 014B+006B ancora, bianco 



Note:



1.
Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 ɛi 025B+0069 fijn 
 ɑu 0251+0075 kou 
 œy 0153+0079 huis 







 Semi vowels 



Table 5. Semi vowels (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 w 0077 windows 
 j 006A jas 







 Consonants 



Table 6. Consonants (Netherlands Dutch)

 IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 p 0070 pad 
 b 0062 bad 
 t 0074 tak 
 d 0064 dak 
 k 006B kat 
 g 0067 goal 
 f 0066 fout 
 s 0073 sap 
 z 007A zat 
 ʃ 0283 sjaal 
 ʒ 0292 bagage 
 x 0078 gaan, toch 
 ɣ 0263 regen 
 h 0068 hand 
 v 0076 leven 
 ʋ 028B wang 
 l 006C land 
 r 0072 rand 
 ʁ 0281 abbatoir 
 ɹ 0279 dark 
 m 006D mat 
 n 006E nek 
 ŋ 014B eng 
 ʧ 02A7 check 
 ʤ 02A4 jazz 
 θ 03B8 thumbnail 
 ð 00F0 brother
English (United Kingdom) symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for United Kingdom (UK) English.



 Regular vowels 



Table 1. Regular vowels (UK English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a<br><br>aː<br><br>ɑ<br><br>ɑː<br><br>ɐ 0061<br><br>0061+02D0<br><br>0251<br><br>0251+02D0<br><br>0250 path, father, chant 
 A æ 00E6 back, had 
 e e<br><br>eɪ 0065<br><br>0065+026A cake, pain 
 E ɛ 025B hedge, let 
 i iː 0069+02D0 see, speak, believe 
 I ɪ 026A pick, ill 
 o o<br><br>oʊ<br><br>əʊ 006F<br><br>006F+028A<br><br>0259+028A both, oak 
 c ɔ<br><br>ɔː 0254<br><br>0254+02D0 law, court, hall, water 
 @ ɒ 0252 rod, cough 
 u u<br><br>uː 0075<br><br>0075+02D0 zoo, truth 
 U ʊ 028A took, put 
 H ʌ 028C but, mug, son 
 R ɜ<br><br>ɜː<br><br>ɚ<br><br>ɝ 025C<br><br>025C+02D0<br><br>025A<br><br>025D butter, hurt 







 Diphthongs 



Table 2. Diphthongs (UK English)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 O ɔɪ 0254+026A toil, boy 
 W aʊ 0061+028A out, cow 
 Y aɪ 0061+026A life, fine 







 Reduced vowels 



Table 3. Reduced vowels (UK English)
French (France) symbols 

The service supports the following symbols for French.



 Vowels 



Table 1. Vowels (French)

 SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words 

 a a<br><br>ɑ<br><br>ɐ 0061<br><br>0251<br><br>0250 pattes, lac, cave 
 e e 0065 café, déformer, été 
 E ɛ<br><br>ɜ 025B<br><br>025C faite, mai, herb 
 i i<br><br>ɪ 0069<br><br>026A film, typique 
 o o 006F eau, aux, gauche 
 c ɔ<br><br>ɒ 0254<br><br>0252 Paul, note, échalotte 
 u u<br><br>ʊ 0075<br><br>028A roue, où, tour 
 y y<br><br>ʏ 0079<br><br>028F utile, pure, Bruno 
 x ^1^ ə 0259 litres, marbre 
 'eu' ø<br><br>ɵ 00F8<br><br>0275 meugle, peu, joyeux 
 'oe' œ<br><br>ɶ 0153<br><br>0276 peur, coeur, jeune 
 'a' ã<br><br>ɑ̃ 0061+0303<br><br>0251+0303 banc, en, temps 
 'E' ẽ<br><br>ɛ̃<br><br>æ̃ 0065+0303<br><br>025B+0303<br><br>00E6+0303 fin, plein, faim 
 'o' õ<br><br>ɔ̃ 006F+0303<br><br>0254+0303 bon, pont, mon 
 'oe' œ̃ 0153+0303 un, aucun, brun 



Note:



1. The x is elided in certain contexts.







 Consonants