Phonetics
The phonetics is CV-C are a blend of X-SAMPA, Japanese Romaji, and VCCV.
If you prefer, the original spreadsheet is also available:
phonetics.xlsx | |
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File Type: | xlsx |
The above image and spreadsheet are also available with every official reclist download.
Phonetic Comparison
The following chart shows the CV-C phonemes along with other english phonemes used in utau:
Hiragana/Katakana Aliases
For increased compatibility with existing Japanese USTs, certain sounds have alternate aliases in hiragana/katakana. The following lists the romaji sounds as well as their hiragana/katakana counterparts.
Consonant |
Romaji |
Hiragana/Katakana |
k |
ka, ki, ku, ke, ko |
か き く け こ |
g |
ga, gi, gu, ge, go |
が ぎ ぐ げ ご |
s |
sa, si, su, se, so |
さ すぃ す せ そ |
z |
za, zi, zu, ze, zo |
ざ ずぃ ず ぜ ぞ |
t |
ta, ti, tu, te, to |
た てぃ とぅ て と |
d |
da, di, du, de, do |
だ でぃ どぅ で ど |
n |
na, ni, nu, ne, no |
な に ぬ ね の |
h |
ha, hi, hu, he, ho |
は ひ ほぅ へ ほ |
b |
ba, bi, bu, be, bo |
ば び ぶ べ ぼ |
p |
pa, pi, pu, pe, po |
ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ |
m |
ma, mi, mu, me, mo |
ま み む め も |
y |
ya, yi, yu, ye, yo |
や いぃ ゆ いぇ よ |
r |
ra, ri, ru, re, ro |
ら り る れ ろ |
w |
wa, wi, wu, we, wo |
わ うぃ うぅ うぇ うぉ |
sh |
sha, shi, shu, she, sho |
しゃ し しゅ しぇ しょ |
j |
ja, ji, ju, je, jo |
じゃ じ じゅ じぇ じょ |
ch |
cha, chi, chu, che, cho |
ちゃ ち ちゅ ちぇ ちょ |
ts |
tsa, tsi, tsu, tse, tso |
つぁ つぃ つ つぇ つぉ |
f |
fu |
ふ |
ff |
ffa, ffi, ffu, ffe, ffo |
ふぁ ふぃ ふぅ ふぇ ふぉ |
v |
va, vi, vu, ve, vo |
ヴぁ ヴぃ ヴ ヴぇ ヴぉ |
l |
la, li, lu, le, lo |
ラ リ ル レ ロ |
ng |
nga, ngi, ngu, nge, ngo |
カ゜ キ゜ ク゜ ケ゜ コ゜ |
zh |
zha, zhi, zhu, zhe, zho |
ジャ ジ ジュ ジェ ジョ |
dz |
dza, dzi, dzu, dze, dzo |
づぁ づぃ づ づぇ づぉ |
Base otos are available with and without hiragana aliases. Please note, the only way to use the extended N vowel used in Japanese is with the ん hiragana.
User-added Phonemes
These are phonemes added by users who created add-on lists. These lists are found here. Please try to keep these consistant if you choose to create your own list.
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Phoneme |
Type |
Description |
Example |
9 |
Vowel |
Open-mid back, rounded vowel; 9 in VCCV |
fall |
L |
Vowel |
Syllabic L sound |
pull |
M |
Vowel |
Syllabic m sound |
Hmm |
eo |
Vowel |
Korean vowel |
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eu |
Vowel |
Korean vowel |
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y0 |
Vowel |
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& |
Vowel |
Variant of { used in English |
and |
eIR |
Vowel |
Rhotic vowel |
air |
x |
Vowel |
Schwa |
about |