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Czech (cs-CZ)

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Czech (cs-CZ) - 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 Czech voice that is supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA

X-SAMPA

Description

Example

Viseme

Consonants

p

p

voiceless bilabial plosive

pes

p

t

t

voiceless alveolar plosive

tok

t

c

c

voiceless palatal plosive

uk

J

k

k

voiceless velar plosive

kos

k

b

b

voiced bilabial plosive

bez

p

d

d

voiced alveolar plosive

dok

t

ɟ

J\

voiced palatal plosive

as

J

g

g

voiced velar plosive

gum

k

f

f

voiceless labiodental fricative

film

f

v

v

voiced labiodental fricative

ves

f

s

s

voiceless alveolar fricative

sen

s

z

z

voiced alveolar fricative

zel

s

ʃ

S

voiceless postalveolar fricative

šel

S

ʒ

Z

voiced postalveolar fricative

žen

S

x

x

voiceless velar fricative

chat

k

ɦ

h

voiced glottal fricative

hus

k

ʦ

ts

voiceless alveolar affricate

co

s

ʧ

tS

voiceless postalveolar affricate

čin

S

ʣ

dz

voiced alveolar affricate

špicberský

s

ʤ

dZ

voiceless alveolar affricate

in

S

m

m

bilabial nasal

mor

p

n

n

alveolar nasal

nos

t

ɲ

J

palatal nasal

ňader

J

ŋ

N

velar nasal

banka

k

r

r

voiced alveolar trill

rys

r

r_r

voiced raised alveolar fricative trill

řez

r

r̝̊

r_0_r

voiceless raised alveolar fricative trill

keř

r

l

l

alveolar lateral approximant

les

t

j

j

palatal approximant

jen

i

w

w

labiovelar approximant

Watson

u

r_=

syllabic voiced alveolar trill

krk

r

l_=

syllabic alveolar lateral approximant

vlna

t

Vowels

a

a

open front unrounded vowel

lan

a

a:

long open front unrounded vowel

lán

a

ɛ

E

open-mid front unrounded vowel

let

E

ɛː

E:

long open-mid front unrounded vowel

lét

E

ɪ

l

near-close near-front unrounded vowel

bit

i

i:

long close front unrounded vowel

bít

i

o

o

close-mid back rounded vowel

hol

o

o:

long close-mid back rounded vowel

gól

o

u

u

close back rounded vowel

pul

u

u:

long close back rounded vowel

půl

u

a͡u

au

diphthong

auto

a

ɛ͡u

Eu

diphthong

euro

E

o͡u

ou

diphthong

mouk

o

Additional Symbols

ˈ

primary stress

.

.

syllable boundary

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