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Dutch (Netherlands) symbols (obsolete)

Dutch (Netherlands) symbols (obsolete)

The service supported the following symbols for the obsolete neural voices for Netherlands Dutch. These voices were replaced with an alternative enhanced neural voice and removed from the service on 31 March 2023. The symbols are available to help users migrate from the obsolete Netherlands Dutch neural voices to the new Netherlands Dutch enhanced neural voice.

Regular vowels

Regular vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
ɑ 0251 bad
ɛ 025B bed
ɪ 026A vis
ɔ 0254 pot
ʏ 028F hut
u 0075 hoed
ø 00F8 beuk
ə 0259 de
ʌ 028C glove

Long vowels

Long vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
a 0061 naam
e 0065 heet
i 0069 diep
ɪː 026A+02D0 keel
o 006F poot
y 0079 uur
0069+02D0 cheap
ɛː 0258+02D0 gêne
ɔː 0254+02D0 roze
0075+02D0 blue
0079+02D0 bühne
œː

œ

0153+02D0

Not available

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Nasalized vowels

Nasalized vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
ɑ̃ 0251+0303 chanson
ɛ̃ 025B+0303 timbre
ɔ̃ 0254+0303 bonbon
œ̃ 0153+0303 parfum

Diphthongs

Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
ɛi 025B+0069 fijn
ɑu 0251+0075 kou
œy 0153+0079 huis

Semi vowels

Semi vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
w 0077 windows
j 006A jas

Consonants

Consonants (Netherlands Dutch)
IPA symbol IPA Unicode Example words
p 0070 pad
b 0062 bad
t 0074 tak
d 0064 dak
k 006B kat
g 0067 goal
f 0066 fout
s 0073 sap
z 007A zat
ʃ 0283 sjaal
ʒ 0292 bagage
x 0078 gaan, toch
ɣ 0263 regen
h 0068 hand
v 0076 leven
ʋ 028B wang
l 006C land
r 0072 rand
ʁ 0281 abbatoir
ɹ 0279 dark
m 006D mat
n 006E nek
ŋ 014B eng
ʧ 02A7 check
ʤ 02A4 jazz
θ 03B8 thumbnail
ð 00F0 brother