sonic-3 are written between <<>> double angle brackets, and separated with | bars. For example, Cartesia is written <<k|ɑ|ɹ|ˈ|t|i|ʒ|ə>>.
The easiest way to figure out the IPA phonemes for any given word is to use our Phoneme tool, which can give guidance in phoneme creation.
Manually creating phonemes
If you want to create phonemes manually,sonic-3 uses charsiu phonesets. For English, you can look at the phonemes below.
| Phoneme | Example (American accent) |
|---|---|
| aɪ | my <<m|aɪ>> |
| aʊ | now <<n|aʊ>> |
| b | bed <<b|ɛ|d>> |
| d | do <<d|u>> |
| dʒ | jeans <<dʒ|i|n|z>> |
| eɪ | day <<d|eɪ>> |
| f | fish <<f|ɪ|ʃ>> |
| h | hat <<h|æ|t>> |
| i | see <<s|i>> |
| j | yes <<j|ɛ|s>> |
| k | key <<k|i>> |
| l | lip <<l|ɪ|p>> |
| m | man <<m|æ|n>> |
| n | no <<n|oʊ>> |
| oʊ | go <<ɡ|oʊ>> |
| p | pen <<p|ɛ|n>> |
| s | sip <<s|ɪ|p>> |
| t | top <<t|ɑ|p>> |
| tʃ | church <<tʃ|ɝ|tʃ>> |
| u | two <<t|u>> |
| v | van <<v|æ|n>> |
| w | we <<w|i>> |
| z | zoo <<z|u>> |
| æ | cat <<k|æ|t>> |
| ð | this <<ð|ɪ|s>> |
| ŋ | sing <<s|ɪ|ŋ>> |
| ɑ | cot <<k|ɑ|t>> |
| ɔ | law <<l|ɔ>> |
| ɔɪ | boy <<b|ɔɪ>> |
| ə | sofa <<ˈ|s|oʊ|f|ə>> |
| ɛ | bed <<b|ɛ|d>> |
| ɝ | bird <<b|ɝ|d>> |
| ɡ | go <<ɡ|oʊ>> |
| ɪ | bit <<b|ɪ|t>> |
| ɹ | red <<ɹ|ɛ|d>> |
| ʃ | ship <<ʃ|ɪ|p>> |
| ʊ | book <<b|ʊ|k>> |
| ʒ | vision <<ˈ|v|ɪ|ʒ|ə|n>> |
| ˈ | America <<ə|ˈ|m|ɛ|ɹ|ɪ|k|ə>> |
| ˌ | television <<ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ə|ˌ|v|ɪ|ʒ|ə|n>> |
| θ | thin <<θ|ɪ|n>> |