English (New Zealand) (en-NZ)

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 New Zealand English voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	bed	p
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	dig	t
d͡ʒ	dZ	voiced postalveolar affricate	jump	S
ð	D	voiced dental fricative	then	T
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	five	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	game	k
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	house	k
j	j	palatal approximant	yes	i
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	cat	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	lay	t
l̩	l=	syllabic alveolar lateral approximant	battle	t
m	m	bilabial nasal	mouse	p
m̩	m=	syllabic bilabial nasal	anthem	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	nap	t
n̩	n=	syllabic alveolar nasal	button	t
ŋ	N	velar nasal	thing	k
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pin	p
ɹ	r\	alveolar approximant	red	r
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	seem	s
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	ship	S
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	task	t
t͡ʃ	tS	voiceless postalveolar affricate	chart	S
Θ	T	voiceless dental fricative	thin	T
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	vest	f
w	w	labial-velar approximant	west	u
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	zero	s
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	vision	S
Vowels
ə	@	mid central vowel	arena	@
əʊ	@U	diphthong	goat	@
æ	{	near open-front unrounded vowel	trap	a
aɪ	aI	diphthong	price	a
aʊ	aU	diphthong	mouth	a
ɑː	A:	long open-back unrounded vowel	father	a
eɪ	eI	diphthong	face	e
ɜː	3:	long open mid-central unrounded vowel	nurse	E
ɛ	E	open mid-front unrounded vowel	dress	E
ɛə	E@	diphthong	square	E
i:	i	long close front unrounded vowel	fleece	i
ɪ	I	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	kit	i
ɪə	I@	diphthong	near	i
ɔː	O:	long open-mid back rounded vowel	thought	O
ɔɪ	OI	Diphthong	choice	O
ɒ	Q	open back rounded vowel	lot	O
u:	u:	long close-back rounded vowel	goose	u
ʊ	U	near-close near-back rounded vowel	foot	u
ʊə	U@	diphthong	cure	u
ʌ	V	Open-mid-back unrounded vowel	strut	E
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma

The Aria voice speaks New Zealand English and offers limited support for Maori. It can pronounce the following Maori words and phrases. The Maori phrases are case-sensitive.

English	Maori
Hello/cheers	Kia ora
Welcome (to)	Nau mai (ki)
Hello (one person)/thank you	Tēnā koe
Hello (three or more people)/thank you	Tēnā koutou
Good morning	Ata mārie
Good morning	Mōrena
Thank you	Ngā mihi
Take care	Ngā manaakitanga
See you	Ka kite
See you later	Mā te wā
Have a good day	Kia pai tō rā
Merry Christmas	Meri Kirihimete
Maori	Māori
Maori language	te reo Māori
Maori language week	Te wiki o te reo Māori
New Zealand	Aotearoa
Maori New Year	Mātariki
Town in New Zealand / Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand	Waitangi
One	tahi
Two	rua
Three	toru
Four	whā
Five	rima
Six	ono
Seven	whitu
Eight	waru
Nine	iwa
Ten	tekau
Twenty	rua tekau
Thirty	Toru tekau