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Catalan (ca-ES)

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Catalan (ca-ES) - Amazon Polly

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 Catalan voice of Arlet that is supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA

X-SAMPA

Description

Example

Viseme

Consonants

p

p

voiceless bilabial plosive

ploure

p

t

t

voiceless alveolar plosive

Tarragona

t

k

k

voiceless velar plosive

com

k

b

b

voiced bilabial plosive

bata

p

d

d

voiced alveolar plosive

endoll

t

g

g

voiced velar plosive

gros

k

m

m

voiced bilabial nasal

manera

p

n

n

voiced alveolar nasal

donar

t

ɲ

J

voiced palatal nasal

any

J

ŋ

N

voiced velar nasal

pingüí

k

ɫ

5

voiced velarized alveolar lateral approximant (dark l)

albercoc

l

ʎ

L

voiced palatal lateral approximant

llop

J

r

r

voiced alveolar trill

parra

r

ɾ

4

voiced alveolar tap

para

t

f

f

voiceless labiodental fricative

èmfasi

f

s

s

voiceless alveolar fricative

sac

s

z

z

voiced alveolar fricative

calzes

s

ʃ

S

voiceless postalveolar fricative

guix

S

ʒ

Z

voiced postalveolar fricative

col·legi

S

t͡ʃ 

tS

voiceless postalveolar affricate

cotxe

S

d͡ʒ

dZ

voiced postalveolar affricate

platja

S

β

B

voiced bilabial approximant

obert

B

ð

D

voiced dental approximant

bedoll

T

j

j

voiced palatal approximant

noia

i

ɣ

G

voiced velar approximant

pega

k

v

v

voiced labiodental fricative

af

f

w

w

voiced labiovelar approximant

aigua

u

x

x

voiceless velar fricative

Jiménez

k

ʝ

j\

voiced palatal fricative

yeso

J

l

l

voiced alveolar lateral approximant

alondra

t

θ

T

voiceless dental fricative

González

T

Vowels

a

a

open back vowel

casa

a

e

e

close-mid front unrounded vowel

llenya

e

ɛ

E

open-mid front unrounded vowel

xec

E

i

i

closed front unrounded vowel

visca

i

o

o

close-mid back rounded vowel

gos

o

ɔ

O

open-mid back rounded vowel

joc

O

u

u

closed back rounded vowel

un

u

ə

@

mid-central vowel

casa

@

Additional Symbols

ˈ

"

primary stress

Alabama

ˌ

%

secondary stress

Alabama

.

.

syllable boundary

A.la.ba.ma

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