Turkish (tr-TR)

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 Turkish voice supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
ɾ	4	alveolar flap	durum	t
ɾ̝̊	4_0_r	voiceless fricated alveolar flap	bir	t
ɾ̝	4_r	fricated alveolar flap	raf	t
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	raf	p
c	c	voiceless palatal plosive	kedi	k
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	dede	t
d͡ʒ	dZ	voiced postalveolar affricate	cam	S
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	fare	f
g	g	voiced velar plosiv	galibi	k
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	hasta	k
j	j	palatal approximant	yat	i
ɟ	J\	voiced palatal plosive	genç	J
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	akıl	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	lale	t
ɫ	5	velarized alveolar lateral approximant	labirent	t
m	m	bilabial nasal	maaş	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	anı	t
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	ip	p
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	ses	s
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	aşı	S
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	ütü	t
t͡ʃ	tS	voiceless postalveolar affricate	çaba	S
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	ekvator, kahveci, akvaryum, isveçli, teşviki, cetvel	f
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	ver	s
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	azık	S
Vowels
ø	2	close-mid front rounded vowel	göl	0
œ	9	open-mid front rounded vowel	banliyö	O
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	kal	a
a:	a:	long open front unrounded vowel	davacı	a
æ	{	near-open front unrounded vowel	özlem, güvenlik, gürel, somersault	a
e	e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	keçi	e
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	dede	E
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	bir	i
i:	i:	long close front unrounded vowel	izah	i
ɪ	I	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	keçi	i
ɯ	M	close back unrounded vowel	kıl	i
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	kol	o
o:	o:	long close-mid back rounded vowel	dolar	o
u	u	close back rounded vowel	durum	u
u:	u:	long close back rounded vowel	ruhum	u
ʊ	U	near-close near-back rounded vowel	dolu	u
y	y	close front rounded vowel	güvenlik	u
ʏ	Y	near-close near-front rounded vowel	aşı	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma