The following table lists the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes, the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols, and the corresponding visemes for the Arabic voice of Zeina that is supported by Amazon Polly.
IPA |
X-SAMPA |
Description |
Example |
Viseme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Consonants |
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ʔ |
? |
glottal stop |
أَنا |
|
ʕ |
?\ |
voiced pharyngeal fricative |
عُمَر |
k |
b |
b |
voiced bilabial plosive |
بَلَد |
p |
d |
d |
voiced alveolar plosive |
داري |
t |
dˤ |
d_?\ |
emphatic voiced alveolar plosive |
ضَوء |
t |
d͡ʒ |
dZ |
voiced postalveolar affricate |
جَميل |
S |
ð |
D |
voiced dental fricative |
ذلِكَ |
T |
ðˤ |
D_?\ |
emphatic voiced dental fricative |
ظَلام |
T |
f |
f |
voiceless labiodental fricative |
فَصل |
f |
ɡ |
g |
voiced velar plosive |
إنجلترا |
k |
ɣ |
G |
voiced velar fricative |
غَرب |
k |
h |
h |
voiceless glottal fricative |
هذا |
k |
j |
j |
palatal approximant |
يَمشي |
i |
k |
k |
voiceless velar plosive |
كَلب |
k |
l |
l |
alveolar lateral approximant |
لاقى |
t |
lˠ |
l_G |
emphatic alveolar lateral approximant |
عبدالله |
t |
m |
m |
bilabial nasal |
ماذا |
p |
n |
n |
alveolar nasal |
نور |
t |
p |
p |
voiceless bilabial plosive |
حَبس |
p |
q |
q |
voiceless uvular plosive |
قَريب |
k |
r |
r |
alveolar trill |
رَمل |
r |
s |
s |
voiceless alveolar fricative |
سُؤال |
s |
sˤ |
s_?\ |
emphatic voiceless alveolar fricative |
صاحِب |
s |
ʃ |
S |
voiceless postalveolar fricative |
شُكر |
S |
t |
t |
voiceless alveolar plosive |
تَمر |
t |
tˤ |
t_?\ |
emphatic voiceless alveolar plosive |
طالِب |
t |
θ |
T |
voiceless dental fricative |
ثَلاث |
T |
v |
v |
voiced labiodental fricative |
فيتامين |
f |
w |
w |
labio-velar approximant |
وَلَد |
u |
x |
x |
voiceless velar fricative |
خَوْف |
k |
ħ |
X\ |
voiceless pharyngeal fricative |
حَوْلَ |
k |
z |
z |
voiced alveolar fricative |
زُهور |
s |
|
Vowels |
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a |
a |
open front unrounded vowel |
بَرد |
a |
aː |
a: |
long open front unrounded vowel |
دار |
a |
ɑˤ |
A_?\ |
emphatic open back unrounded vowel |
طَبل |
a |
ɑˤː |
A_?\: |
emphatic long open back unrounded vowel |
ظالِم |
a |
u |
u |
close back rounded vowel |
شُرب |
u |
u: |
u: |
long close back rounded vowel |
سور |
u |
uˤ |
u_?\ |
emphatic close back rounded vowel |
بُدّ |
u |
uˤː |
u_?\: |
emphatic long close back rounded vowel |
طول |
u |
i |
i |
close front unrounded vowel |
بِنت |
i |
iː |
i: |
long close front unrounded vowel |
حَزين |
i |
iˤ |
i_?\ |
emphatic close front unrounded vowel |
ضِدّ |
i |
iˤː |
i_?\: |
emphatic long close front unrounded vowel |
ماضي |
i |
e |
e |
close-mid front unrounded vowel |
ماركت |
e |
eː |
e: |
long close-mid front unrounded vowel |
موديل |
e |
ɔ |
O |
open-mid back rounded vowel |
تكنولوجي |
O |
ɔː |
O: |
long open-mid back rounded vowel |
تليفزيون |
O |
