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