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Spanish symbols

Spanish symbols

The service supports the following symbols for Spanish. The information applies to the Castilian, Latin American, and North American dialects. Except where noted, the dialects are identical.

Regular vowels

Table 1. Regular vowels (Spanish)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
a a 0061 agua, casa
e e 0065 este, beso
i i 0069 igual, hijo
o o 006F oso, canto
u u 0075 uva, lugar

Consonants

Table 2. Consonants (Spanish)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
b b 0062 basta, beber, vaca
C ʧ

tʃ

 02A7

0074+0283

 chalupa, mucho
d d 0064 dar, dedo
f f 0066 flaco, afuera
g g 0067
0261 		goma, gorra
j h 1

x 2

 0068

0078

 junco, reja, gente
k k 006B cuenco, canto
l l 006C loco, algo
L 3 ʎ

ʝ 4

 028E

029D

 llover, pollo

yegua, playa
m m 006D mano, amor
n n 006E nada, mano
N ɲ 0272 piña, niño
p p 0070 parte, apagar
r ɾ 027E para, pero
R r 0072 ropa, perro
s s 0073 silla, casa
t t 0074 toma, atar
T 5 θ 03B8 zapato, socio
w w 0077 fuera, deuda
y j 006A medio, oigo
Y ʝ 6 029D yegua, playa

Notes:

  1. The IPA symbol h applies to North American and Latin American Spanish only.
  2. The IPA symbol x applies to Castilian Spanish only.
  3. The SPR symbol L maps to two different IPA symbols with different pronunciations for both North American and Latin American Spanish: ʎ and ʝ. Specifying this SPR symbol with these dialects might yield either of the two variants. The difference between the pronunciations is often indistinguishable to native speakers.
  4. The IPA symbol ʝ maps to the SPR symbol L in North American and Latin American Spanish.
  5. The SPR symbol T is realized only in Castilian Spanish. It is replaced internally with the phonetic symbol s in North American and Latin American Spanish, even when present in the SPR input.
  6. The IPA symbol ʝ maps to the SPR symbol Y in Castilian Spanish.

Allophones

Each allophone is a variation of the phoneme indicated in parentheses. If an allophone is not used in SPR, the Text to Speech service automatically generates the appropriate variant for the given context.

Table 3. Allophones (Spanish)
SPR symbol IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
B (b) β 03B2 bobo, nueve
D (d) ð 00F0 hada, dedo
G (g) ɣ 0263 segar, lugar
z (s) z 007A mismo, desde
'ng' 1 ŋg 014B+0067 tango, engaño
'nk' 1 ŋk 014B+006B ancla, cinco

Note:

  1. The ng and nk allophones are supported in the IPA specification but cannot be used in SPR.