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Arabic (Gulf) (ar-AE)

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 Hala that is supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA

X-SAMPA

Description

Example

Pronunciation

Viseme

Consonants

b

b

voiced bilabial plosive

بلد

/ " b a . l a d /

 b

d

d

voiced alveolar plosive

رد

/ " r a d d /

d

dˤ

d_?\

 pharyngealised voiced alveolar plosive

ضوء

/ " d_?\ a w ? /

D
f f

voiceless labiodental fricative

فرن

/ " f I . r I n /

f
g g voiced velar plosive

قال

/ " g a: l /

k

j

j

voiced palatal approximant

يمشي

/ " j I m . S i: /

i

k

k

voiceless velar plosive

كامل

/ " k a: . m i l /

k
l

l

voiced alveolar lateral approximant

ليل

/ " l e: l /

t

lˤ

I_G

pharyngealised voiced alveolar lateral approximant

عبدالله

/ ?\ a b . " d A_?\ l_G . l_G A_?\ /

t

m

m

bilabial nasal stop

مئة

/ " m I j . j a /

p

n

n

alveolar nasal stop

نور

/ " n u: r /

t

p

p

voiceless bilabial plosive

أوبرا

/ " ? O . p e . r a: /

p

q

q

voiceless uvular plosive

قصر

/ " q A_?\ s_?\ r /

k

r

r

alveolar trill

رمل

/ " r a . m I l /

r

s

s

voiceless alveolar fricative

سمسم

/ " s I m . s I m /

s

sˤ

s_?\

pharyngealised voiceless alveolar fricative

صاحب

/ " s_?\ A_?: . X\ I b /

s

t

t

voiceless alveolar plosive

تمر

/ "t a . m a r /

 t

tˤ

t_?\

pharyngealised voiceless alveolar fricative

طالب

/ " t_?\ A_?: . l I b /

t

v

v

voiced labiodental fricative

فيتامين

/ v i: . t A . " m i: n /

f

w

w

voiced labiovelar approximant

وايد

/ " w a: . j I d /

u
x x voiceless velar fricative

خروف

/ x a . " r u: f /

 k

z

z

voiceless velar fricative

زهور

/ " z h u: r /

s

ð

D

voiced interdental fricative

ذلك

/ " D a: . l I k /

D

ðˤ

D_?\

pharyngealised voiced interdental fricative

ظلام

/ D_?\ A_?\ . " l a: m /

D

ħ

X\

voiceless pharyngeal fricative

الجين

/ ? a l . " X\ i: n /

 k

ŋ

N

velar nasal stop

هونغ كونغ

/ h O N . " k O N g /

k

ɣ

G

voiced velar fricative

غريبة

/ G I . " r i: . b a /

k

ʃ

S

voiceless postalveolar fricative

شمس

/ " S a m s /

S

ʒ

Z

voiced postalveolar fricative

جاكيت

/ Z a . " k e: t /

S

ʔ

?

glottal stop

مؤسسة

/ m u . " ? a s . s a . s a /

ʕ

?\

voiced pharyngeal fricative

عام

/ " ?\ a: m m /

k

ʤ

dZ

voiced postalveolar affricate

جامعة

/ " dZ a: m . ?\ a /

S

θ

 T

voiced interdental fricative

ثلاثة

/ T a . " l a: . T a /

T

ɦ

 h voiced glottal fricative

هلال

/ " h l a: l /

 k

Vowels

æ

a

mid-open front unrounded short vowel

سفر

/ " s a . f a r /

a

ɑˤ

A_?\

pharyngealised open back unrounded short vowel

صلب

/ " s_?\ A_?\ l b /

a

æː

a:

mid-open front unrounded long vowel

باب

/ " b a: b /

a

ɑˤː

A_?\:

pharyngealised open back unrounded long vowel

ناضج

/ " n A_?: . D_?\ i_?\ dZ /

a

a

A

open central unrounded short vowel

wifi

/ " w A j . f A j /

a

i

i

tense close front unrounded short vowel (MSA)

إسحاق

/ ? i s . " X\ A_?\: q /

i

ɪ

I

lax close front unrounded short vowel

بنت

/ " b I n t /

i

iˤ

i_?\

pharyngealised close front unrounded short vowel

طفل

/ " t_?\ i_?\ f I l /

i

iː

iː

close front unrounded long vowel

سبيل

/ s a . " b i: l /

i

iˤː

i_?:

pharyngealised close front unrounded long vowel

رطيب

/ r A_?\ . " t_?\ i_?: b /

i

u

u

tense close back rounded short vowel (MSA)

مخترع

/ " m u x . t a . r i ?\ /

u

ʊ

U

lax close back rounded short vowel

رسوم

/ r U . " s u: m /

u

uˤ

u_?\

pharyngealised close back rounded short vowel

عصفور

/ ?\ u_?\ s_?\ . " f u: r /

 u

u:

u:

close back rounded long vowel

توت

/ " t u: t /

u

uˤː

u_?\:

pharyngealised close back rounded long vowel

صور

/ " s_?\ u_?\: r /

u

e

e

mid front unrounded short vowel

إِنْتَرْنِت

/ " s e n t /

e

e:

e:

mid front unrounded long vowel

إيش

/ " ? e: S /

e

ɔ

 O open-mid back rounded short vowel

دولار

/ d O . " l A r /

 O

ɔː

O:

 open-mid back rounded long vowel

لون

/ " l O: n /

 O