Dutch (Netherlands) symbols

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The service supports the following symbols for Netherlands Dutch.

Regular vowels

Table 1. Regular vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
@	ə	0259	de, unieke
A	ɑ	0251	bank, pad
E	ɛ	025B	heft, bed
i	i	0069	vier, piet
I	ɪ	026A	kip, ring
O	ɔ	0254	jong, rob
u	u	0075	douche, koen
y	y	0079	uur, duur
Y	ʏ	028F	drugs, druk, hut

Table 2. Long vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
'a:'	aː	0061+02D0	zaad, vaas
'e:'	eː	0065+02D0	peet, meervoud
'E:'	ɛː	025B+02D0	flair, airbag
'2:'	øː	00F8+02D0	neus, shirt, euro
'9:'	œː	0153+02D0	freuletjes
'o:'	oː	006F+02D0	nodig, Rome
'Q:'	ɒː	0252+02D0	amazone

Table 3. Nasalized vowels (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol ¹	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
'a:'n	aːn	0061+02D0+006E	dependances
'e:'n	eːn	0065+02D0+006E	Chopin
'o:'n	oːn	006F+02D0+006E	enquête, genre

Note:

In the SPR symbols, the single quotes that surround two-character symbols mean that the characters are interpreted as a single symbol. For example, the SPR 'a:'n consists of two SPR symbols: a: and n. You must include the single quotes as shown when you use the symbols in an SPR pronunciation for a word.

Table 4. Diphthongs (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
'aI'	ɛi	025B+0069	aait, draait
'Au'	ʌu	028C+0075	koud, faun
'eI'	eɪ	0065+026A	leiden, leidt
'e:'u	eːu	0065+02D0+0075	sneeuw
'9y'	œy	0153+0079	muis
iu	iu	0069+0075	nieuw
'o:'i	oː	006F+02D0	gooit, fooi, oei
ui	ui	0075+0069	groeit
yu	yu	0079+0075	duwen

Table 5. Consonants (Netherlands Dutch)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
b	b	0062	bad
d	d	0064	dak
'dZ'	dʒ ʤ	0064+0292 02A4	jazz
f	f	0066	fout
g	g	0067	goal
G	ɣ	0263	regen
h	ɦ	0266	hand, hoed
j	j	006A	lesje
k	k	006B	kat
l	l	006C	land
m	m	006D	mat
n	n	006E	nek
N	ŋ	014B	storing
p	p	0070	pad
r	r	0072	rand
s	s	0073	sap
S	ʃ	0283	pasjes, chef
t	t	0074	tak
v	v	0076	vijf
w	ʋ	028B	dwalen, wang
x	x	0078	gaan, toch
z	z	007A	zat
Z	ʒ	0292	jury