Romanian (ro-RO)
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 Romanian voice supported by Amazon Polly.
IPA |
X-SAMPA |
Description |
Example |
Viseme |
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Consonants |
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b |
b |
voiced bilabial plosive |
bubă |
p |
d |
d |
voiced alveolar plosive |
după |
t |
d͡ʒ |
dZ |
voiced postalveolar affricate |
george |
S |
f |
f |
voiceless labiodental fricative |
afacere |
f |
g |
g |
voiced velar plosive |
agriș |
k |
h |
h |
voiceless glottal fricative |
harpă |
k |
j |
j |
palatal approximant |
baie |
i |
k |
k |
voiceless velar plosive |
coș |
k |
l |
l |
alveolar lateral approximant |
lampa |
t |
m |
m |
bilabial nasal |
mama |
p |
n |
n |
alveolar nasal |
nor |
t |
p |
p |
voiceless bilabial plosive |
pilă |
p |
r |
r |
alveolar trill |
rampă |
r |
s |
s |
voiceless alveolar fricative |
soare |
s |
ʃ |
S |
voiceless postalveolar fricative |
mașină |
S |
t |
t |
voiceless alveolar plosive |
tata |
t |
t͡s |
ts |
voiceless alveolar affricate |
țară |
s |
t͡ʃ |
tS |
voiceless postalveolar affricate |
ceai |
S |
v |
v |
voiced labiodental fricative |
viață |
f |
w |
w |
labial-velar approximant |
beau |
u |
z |
z |
voiced alveolar fricative |
mozol |
s |
ʒ |
Z |
voiced postalveolar fricative |
joacă |
S |
Vowels |
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ə |
@ |
mid central vowel |
babă |
@ |
a |
a |
open front unrounded vowel |
casa |
a |
e |
e |
close-mid front unrounded vowel |
elan |
e |
e̯ |
e_^ |
non-syllabic close-mid front unrounded vowel |
beau |
e |
i |
i |
close front unrounded vowel |
mie |
i |
o |
o |
close-mid back rounded vo |
oră |
o |
oa |
o_^a |
diphthong |
oare |
o |
u |
u |
close back rounded vowel |
unde |
u |
ɨ |
1 |
close central unrounded vowel |
România |
i |
Additional Symbols |
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ˈ |
" |
primary stress |
Alabama |
|
ˌ |
% |
secondary stress |
Alabama |
|
. |
. |
syllable boundary |
A.la.ba.ma |