# Czech (cs-CZ)
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The following table lists the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes, the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols, and the corresponding visemes for the Czech voice that is supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**es | p | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**ok | t | 
| c | c | voiceless palatal plosive | **tʼ**uk | J | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **k**os | k | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**ez | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**ok | t | 
| ɟ | J\$1 | voiced palatal plosive | **dʼ**as | J | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**um | k | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**ilm | f | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**es | f | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**en | s | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | **z**el | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **š**el | S | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | **ž**en | S | 
| x | x | voiceless velar fricative | **ch**at | k | 
| ɦ | h | voiced glottal fricative | **h**us | k | 
| ʦ | ts | voiceless alveolar affricate | **c**o | s | 
| ʧ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | **č**in | S | 
| ʣ | dz | voiced alveolar affricate | špi**c**berský | s | 
| ʤ | dZ | voiceless alveolar affricate | **dž**in | S | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**or | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**os | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | **ň**ader | J | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | ba**n**ka | k | 
| r | r | voiced alveolar trill | **r**ys | r | 
| r̝ | r\$1r | voiced raised alveolar fricative trill | **ř**ez | r | 
| r̝̊ | r\$10\$1r | voiceless raised alveolar fricative trill | ke**ř** | r | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**es | t | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **j**en | i | 
| w | w | labiovelar approximant | **W**atson | u | 
| r̩ | r\$1= | syllabic voiced alveolar trill | k**r**k | r | 
| l̩ | l\$1= | syllabic alveolar lateral approximant | v**l**na | t | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | l**a**n | a | 
| aː | a: | long open front unrounded vowel | l**á**n | a | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | l**e**t | E | 
| ɛː | E: | long open-mid front unrounded vowel | l**é**t | E | 
| ɪ | l | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | b**i**t | i | 
| iː | i: | long close front unrounded vowel | b**í**t | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | h**o**l | o | 
| oː | o: | long close-mid back rounded vowel | g**ó**l | o | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | p**u**l | u | 
| uː | u: | long close back rounded vowel | p**ů**l | u | 
| a͡u | au | diphthong | **au**to | a | 
| ɛ͡u | Eu | diphthong | **eu**ro | E | 
| o͡u | ou | diphthong | m**ou**k | o | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | “ | primary stress |  |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary |  |  |