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Phoneme reference for Portuguese (BR).
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Description |
|---|---|---|
| br | Inhale | |
| exh | Exhale | |
| axh | Voiced Exhale | |
| pau | Silence | |
| q | ? | Glottal Stop |
| cl | Closure (Held Consonants) | |
| vf | Vocal Fry | |
| trash | Junk Phoneme |
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Explaination | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | central-open unrounded vowel | dá |
| ao | O Q | open-mid back rounded vowel | formosa |
| au | 6 | near-open central vowel | câmera |
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | sê |
| eh | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | meta |
| i | i | close-front unrounded vowel | si |
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | avô |
| u | u | close-back rounded vowel | ru a |
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Explaination | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| an | 6~ | canto | |
| en | e~ | entro | |
| in | i~ | vim | |
| on | o~ | sombra | |
| un | u~ | mundo |
(Semi-vowels function as consonants and perform "diphthong-like" tasks.)
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Explaination | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| y | j | palatal approximant | dois |
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | ouro |
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | |
| ch | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | |
| d | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | digo |
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | |
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | |
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | |
| l | l | lateral alveolar approximant | |
| lh (*) | L | voiced palatal lateral approximant | |
| m | m | bilabial nasal | |
| n | n | alveolar nasal | |
| nh | J | palatal nasal | |
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | |
| r | 4 | alveolar flap | |
| rh | R | voiced uvular fricative | |
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | |
| sh | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | |
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | |
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | |
| zh | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | |
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative |
These will never be used in a dataset.
| Phoneme | X-SAMPA | Explanation | Example | Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ng | N | velar nasal | Reference allophone for n (before velar consonants). |
- Due to "yeismo" the [lh] phoneme is dropped and replaced with [j] for many speakers. Please make your selction on a speaker-by-speaker basis.