FaceFX Support

FaceFX Documentation and support

Phonemes

Consonants

IPA

FaceFX

X-SAMPA

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Voicing

Examples

P	p	Plosive	Bilabial	Voiceless	/p/rint, s/p/in, ti/p/
B	b	Plosive	Bilabial	Voiced	/b/oot, a/b/out
T	t	Plosive	Alveolar	Voiceless	/t/ry, /t/oday
D	d	Plosive	Alveolar	Voiceled	/d/og, bombe/d/
K	k	Plosive	Velar	Voiceless	/c/at, s/k/in
G	g	Plosive	Velar	Voiced	/g/um, ba/g/
M	m	Nasal	Bilabial	-	/m/ore, botto/m/
N	n	Nasal	Alveolar	-	/n/i/n/e, pla/n/
NG	N	Nasal	Velar	-	si/ng/, ba/n/k
RA	r	Trill	Alveolar	-	Spanish pe/rr/o
RU	R	Trill	Uvular	-	French /r/ue, German /R/echt
FLAP	4	Flap	Alveolar	Voiceless	wa/t/er
PH	p/	Fricative	Bilabial	Voiceless	Japanese /f/uhai.
F	f	Fricative	Labiodental	Voiceless	/f/arm, ta/ff/y
V	v	Fricative	Labiodental	Voiced	/v/isit, ra/v/e
TH	T	Fricative	Dental	Voiceless	/th/ing, ba/th/
DH	D	Fricative	Dental	Voiced	/th/is, /th/e
S	s	Fricative	Alveolar	Voiceless	/s/it, pa/ss/
Z	z	Fricative	Alveolar	Voiced	/z/oo, ro/s/es
SH	S	Fricative	Postalveolar	Voiceless	/sh/oe, pa/ssi/on, dona/ti/on
ZH	Z	Fricative	Postalveolar	Voiced	trea/s/ure, mira/ge/
CX	C	Fricative	Palatal	Voiceless	/h/uman (some English dialects). German i/ch/
X	x	Fricative	Velar	Voiceless	/Ch/anukah.
GH	G	Fricative	Velar	Voiced	Japanese ha/g/e
HH	h	Fricative	Glottal	Voiceless	/h/appy, a/h/ead (murmured)
R	r	Approximant	Alveolar	-	/r/ed
Y	j	Approximant	Palatal	-	/y/ou, /y/esterday.
L	l	Lateral Approximant	Alveolar	-	/l/ip, p/l/ease
W	w	Approximant	Labial-velar	-	/w/ater, /w/alk
H	H	Approximant	Labial-palatal	-	Not in English. French /hu/it, Mandarin Chinese yue
TS	ts	Affricate	Alveolar	Voiceless	pi/zz/a, German /z/ehn, Schni/tz/el
CH	tS	Affricate	Postalveolar	Voiceless	/ch/ip.
JH	dZ	Affricate	Postalveolar	Voiced	/g/irrafe, /j/ump

Vowels

IPA	FaceFX	X-SAMPA	Height	Backness	Roundedness	Diacritic	Examples
	IY	i	Close	Front	Unrounded	-	b/ee/t, French f/i/n/i/
	E	e	Close-mid	Front	Unrounded	-	b/e/d (AuE and NzE), French beaut/é/, German S/ee/le
	EN	e~	Close-mid	Front	Unrounded	-	French /ain/si
	EH	E	Open-mid	Front	Unrounded	-	b/e/d (GA), French b/ê/te, German b/e/tt
	A	a	Open	Front	Unrounded	-	c/u/t (AuE and NzE), French r/a/t, German r/a/tte, Spanish r/a/t/a/
	AA	A	Open	Back	Unrounded	-	sp/a/ (RP & GA), h/o/t (GA), French p/â/te
	AAN	A~	Open	Back	Unrounded	Nasalized	French qu/and/, French /un/
	AO	O	Open-mid	Back	Rounded	-	b/a/ll (RP), h/o/t (AuE & NzE), French s/o/rt, German v/o/ll
	AON	O~	Open-mid	Back	Rounded	Nasalized	French s/on/
	O	o	Close-mid	Back	Rounded	-	b/a/ll (AuE and NzE), French rés/eau/, German K/oh/l
	ON	o~	Close-mid	Back	Rounded	Nasalized	French m/an/teau
	UW	u	Close	Back	Rounded	-	b/oo/t (RP and GA). French f/ou/
	UY	y	Close	Front	Rounded	-	Not in English. French ch/u/te.
	EU	2	Close-mid	Front	Rounded	-	Not in English. French p/eu/, German sch/ö/n
	OE	9	Open-mid	Front	Rounded	-	German H/ö/lle
	OEN	9~	Open-mid	Front	Rounded	Nasalized	French j/eu/ne
	AH	V	Open-mid	Back	Unrounded	-	n/u/t (RP & GA), Korean b/eo/l
	IH	I	Near-close	Near-front	Unrounded	-	b/i/t (RP, GA, AuE)
	UU	Y	Near-close	Near-front	Rounded	-	Not in English. German h/ü/bsch
	UH	U	Near-close	Near-back	Rounded	-	h/oo/k. German Sch/u/tz, Swedish.
	AX	@	Mid	Central	-	-	/a/bout, syn/o/nym, /uh/.
	UX	6	Near-open	Central	-	-	c/u/t (CaE), German de/r/.
	AE	{	Near-open	Front	Unrounded	-	f/a/t (RP, GA, AuE)
	ER	3	Open-mid	Central	Unrounded	-	English p/er/fect (GA), f/ur/ (RP and AuE)
	AXR	@’	Mid	Central	-	Rhotacized	butt/er/
	EXR	3’	Open-mid	Central	-	Rhotacized	f/ur/

Dipthongs

EY	EI	EH	IH	pl/ay/
AW	aU	A	UH	ab/ou/t
AY	aI	A	IH	b/i/te
OY	OI	O	IH	b/oy/
OW	@U	AX	UH	b/oa/t