# Dutch (Belgian) (nl-BE)
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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 Belgian Dutch (Flemish) voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.




**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**ak | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**ak | t | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | mana**g**er | S | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**el | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**oal | k | 
| ɣ | G | voiced velar fricative | **h**oed | k | 
| ɦ | h\$1 | voiced glottal fricative | **h**and | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **j**a | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **k**ap | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**and | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**et | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**et | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | **ba**ng | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**ak | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | **r**and | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**ein | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **sh**ow | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**ak | t | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**el | f | 
| ʋ | v\$1 | labiodental approximant | **w**it | f | 
| x | x | voiceless velar fricative | **to**ch | k | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | **z**iin | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | baga**g**e | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| øː | 2: | long close-mid front rounded vowel | n**eu**s | o | 
| œy | 9y | dipthong | b**ui**t | O | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | d**e** | @ | 
| a: | a: | long open front unrounded vowel | b**aa**d | a | 
| ɑ: | A | open back unrounded vowel | b**a**d | a | 
| e: | e: | long close-mid front unrounded vowel | b**ee**t | e | 
| ɜː | 3: | long open-mid central unrounded vowel | barri**è**re | E | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | b**e**d | E | 
| ɛi | Ei | dipthong | b**ee**t | E | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | v**ie**r | i | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | p**i**t | i | 
| o: | o: | long close-mid back rounded vowel | b**oo**t | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | p**o**t | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | h**oe**d | u | 
| ʌu | Vu | dipthong | f**ou**t | E | 
| yː | y: | long close front rounded vowel | f**uu**t | u | 
| ʏ | Y | near-close near-front rounded vowel | h**u**t | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |