Italian Phonemes

The tables below list the full set of phonemes supported by Capacity Private Cloud Neural and LLM TTS for Italian (it-IT). Each phoneme is shown with its Unicode code point(s), decimal value(s), IPA symbol, X-SAMPA representation, viseme, and an example word. Consonants and vowels are listed separately.

Phonemes can be supplied in SSML using the <phoneme> element (with alphabet="ipa" or alphabet="x-sampa") to override the default pronunciation of a word. For the complete list of Neural TTS voices, see Neural TTS Languages.

These phonemes apply to the following Italian Neural TTS voices:

Dario
Francesco
Laura
Nicoletta

Supplementary English phonemes. In addition to the native Italian inventory, this phoneme set includes a number of English phonemes (marked with ^* and grouped at the end of each table). These are provided so that English words and loanwords that appear within Italian text are pronounced correctly.

Consonants

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0062	98	b	b	DIS_1	bocca
U+0062 U+02D0	98 720	bː	b:	DIS_1	pubblico
U+0074 U+0283	116 643	tʃ	tS	DIS_8	cena
U+0074 U+0283 U+02D0	116 643 720	tʃː	tS:	DIS_8	braccio
U+0064	100	d	d	DIS_7	dado
U+0064 U+02D0	100 720	dː	d:	DIS_7	cadde
U+0064 U+0292	100 658	dʒ	dZ	DIS_8	giro
U+0064 U+0292 U+02D0	100 658 720	dʒː	dZ:	DIS_7	maggio
U+02A3	675	ʣ	dz	DIS_7	zona
U+02A3 U+02D0	675 720	ʣː	dz:	DIS_7	mezzo
U+0066	102	f	f	DIS_4	fuga
U+0066 U+02D0	102 720	fː	f:	DIS_4	beffa
U+0261	609	ɡ	g	DIS_9	gatto
U+0261 U+02D0	609 720	ɡː	g:	DIS_9	fugga
U+028E	654	ʎ	L	DIS_10	gli
U+028E U+02D0	654 720	ʎː	L:	DIS_10	aglio
U+0272	626	ɲ	J	DIS_7	gnomo
U+0272 U+02D0	626 720	ɲː	J:	DIS_7	bagno
U+006A	106	j	j	DIS_10	piano
U+006B	107	k	k	DIS_9	caso
U+006B U+02D0	107 720	kː	k:	DIS_9	cocco
U+006C	108	l	l	DIS_6	libro
U+006C U+02D0	108 720	lː	l:	DIS_6	pollo
U+006D	109	m	m	DIS_1	mano
U+006D U+02D0	109 720	mː	m:	DIS_1	mamma
U+006E	110	n	n	DIS_7	no
U+006E U+02D0	110 720	nː	n:	DIS_7	nonno
U+014B	331	ŋ	N	DIS_9	panca
U+0070	112	p	p	DIS_1	pane
U+0070 U+02D0	112 720	pː	p:	DIS_1	pappa
U+0072	114	r	r	DIS_3	pera
U+0072 U+02D0	114 720	rː	r:	DIS_3	carro
U+0073	115	s	s	DIS_7	si
U+0073 U+02D0	115 720	sː	s:	DIS_7	cassa
U+0283	643	ʃ	S	DIS_8	scia
U+0283 U+02D0	643 720	ʃː	S:	DIS_8	lascia
U+0074	116	t	t	DIS_7	tu
U+0074 U+02D0	116 720	tː	t:	DIS_7	petto
U+02A6	678	ʦ	ts	DIS_7	zitto
U+02A6 U+02D0	678 720	ʦː	ts:	DIS_7	pazzo
U+0076	118	v	v	DIS_4	valle
U+0076 U+02D0	118 720	vː	v:	DIS_4	ovvio
U+0077	119	w	w	DIS_2	quadro
U+007A	122	z	z	DIS_7	sbaglio
U+0292	658	ʒ	Z	DIS_8	garage
U+00F0	240	ð	D	DIS_5	then ^*
U+0068	104	h	h	DIS_9	hat ^*
U+03B8	952	θ	T	DIS_5	thin ^*

Vowels

Unicode	Decimal	IPA	X-SAMPA	Viseme	Example
U+0061 U+0308	97 776	ä	a_"	DIS_13	casa
U+0065	101	e	e	DIS_11	rete
U+025B	603	ɛ	E	DIS_11	festa
U+0069	105	i	i	DIS_10	pino
U+0254	596	ɔ	O	DIS_13	dove
U+006F	111	o	o	DIS_12	foto
U+0075	117	u	u	DIS_3	scudo
U+0259	601	ə	@	DIS_9	the ^*
U+025C	604	ɜ	3	DIS_9	nurse ^*
U+0251	593	ɑ	A	DIS_13	palm ^*
U+025B U+0259	603 601	ɛə	E@	DIS_11	square ^*
U+026A	618	ɪ	I	DIS_10	kit ^*
U+026A U+0259	618 601	ɪə	I@	DIS_10	near ^*
U+028A	650	ʊ	U	DIS_11	foot ^*
U+028A U+0259	650 601	ʊə	U@	DIS_11	cure ^*
U+028C	652	ʌ	V	DIS_13	strut ^*

^* Supplementary English phoneme — included so that English words and loanwords embedded in Italian text render with correct pronunciation.

Viseme values use the standard Capacity viseme set (for lip-sync and avatar animation). X-SAMPA is the ASCII-encoded equivalent of the IPA symbol.

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