diff --git a/phsource/mbrola/de2 b/phsource/mbrola/de2
index 02bdb32f..d74ca43a 100644
--- a/phsource/mbrola/de2
+++ b/phsource/mbrola/de2
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 0  A~ NULL   0  a~
 0  O~ NULL   0  o~
 
+// phonemes for Spanish words
+0  e   NULL  0  E
+0  **  NULL  0  R
+0  n^  NULL  40 n j
+
 // phonemes for English words
 0  @L  NULL  50 @ l
 0  @2  NULL  0  @
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@
 0  U@  NULL  60 U  @
 0  aI@ NULL  70 aI @
 0  aU@ NULL  70 aU @
+0  3:  NULL  60 E: R
 
 0  dZ  NULL  0  tS
 0  w   NULL  0  v
diff --git a/phsource/mbrola/de4 b/phsource/mbrola/de4
index a36da9e0..148573c6 100644
--- a/phsource/mbrola/de4
+++ b/phsource/mbrola/de4
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
 16  ? VWL    0  ?
 16  _^_ VWL   0  NULL
 
+// phonemes for Spanish words
+0  e   NULL  0  E
+0  **  NULL  0  R
+0  n^  NULL  40 n j
+
 // phonemes for English words
 0  @L  NULL  0  L
 0  @2  NULL  0  @
diff --git a/phsource/mbrola/de6 b/phsource/mbrola/de6
index 62aa690a..a6cd67f0 100644
--- a/phsource/mbrola/de6
+++ b/phsource/mbrola/de6
@@ -35,8 +35,15 @@
 0  A~ NULL   0  a~
 0  O~ NULL   0  o~
 
+// phonemes for Spanish words
+0  e   NULL  0  E
+0  **  NULL  0  R
+0  n^  NULL  40 n j
+
 // phonemes for English words
 0  @L  NULL  40 @ l
+0  m-  NULL  20 @ m
+0  n-  NULL  20 @ n
 0  @2  NULL  0  @
 0  @5  NULL  0  @
 0  a#  NULL  0  @