This is an R dataset package which provides a few pronunciation dictionaries as data frames. It also provides a data frame that maps ARPABET values to IPA and X-SAMPA.
It currently comes with the following pronunciation dictionaries:
Included Pronuciation dictionaries| Name | Dataset name | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon Pronuncing Dictionary (CMUdict) | enUSxgaCMU | 2e7a882 (2018-07-09) |
| American English Pronunciation Dictionary (AmEPD) | enUSxgaCainteoir | v0.2 (2018-04-01) |
| Received Pronunciation Dictionary | enGBxrpCainteoir | v0.1 (2018-03-28) |
| Scottish English Dictionary | enScotlandCainteoir | v0.1 (2017-07-04) |
In the latter two dictionaries the following non-standard ARPABET was re-mapped to ARPABET:
Non-standard Arpabet re-mapped to ARPABET| Non-standard Arpabet | Standard Arpabet |
|---|---|
| IA | IH AX |
| EA | EH AX |
| HW | WH |
| I | Either IH or IY depending on context |
| OH | AO |
| UA | UH AX |
> library("cmudict")
> head(enUSxgaCMU)
word alt pronunciation comment
1 'bout <NA> B AW1 T <NA>
2 'cause <NA> K AH0 Z <NA>
3 'course <NA> K AO1 R S <NA>
4 'cuse <NA> K Y UW1 Z <NA>
5 'em <NA> AH0 M <NA>
6 'frisco <NA> F R IH1 S K OW0 <NA>
> head(enUSxgaCainteoir)
word alt pronunciation comment
1 a det AX @@{ "usage": "unstressed" }@@
2 a det EY1 @@{ "usage": "stressed" }@@
3 a noun EY1 <NA>
4 a's <NA> EY1 Z <NA>
5 aaberg <NA> AA1 B AXR G <NA>
6 aachen <NA> AA1 K AX N <NA>
> head(enGBxrpCainteoir)
word alt pronunciation comment
1 a det AX @@{ "usage": "unstressed" }@@
2 a det EY1 @@{ "usage": "stressed" }@@
3 a noun EY1 <NA>
4 abandoned <NA> AX - B AE1 N - D AX N D <NA>
5 abbey <NA> AE1 - B IH0 <NA>
6 abbeys <NA> AE1 - B IH0 Z <NA>
> head(enScotlandCainteoir)
word alt pronunciation comment
1 a NA EY1 NA
2 above NA AX - B AH1 V NA
3 adore NA AX - D OW1 R NA
4 again NA AX - G EH1 N NA
5 agreeing NA AX - G R IY1 - IH0 NG NA
6 ah NA AE1 NA
> head(arpabet)
arpabet ipa xsampa
1 - -
2 AA ɑ A
3 AE æ {
4 AH ʌ V
5 AO ɔ O
6 AW aʊ aU
> This package is available under the BSD 2-Clause license.