# English (US) (en-US)
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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 American English voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**ed | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**ig | t | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | **j**ump | S | 
| ð | D | voiced dental fricative | **th**en | T | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**ive | f | 
| ɡ | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**ame | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**ouse | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **y**es | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**at | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**ay | l | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**ouse | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**ap | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | thi**ng** | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | s**p**eak | p | 
| ɹ | r\$1 | alveolar approximant | **r**ed | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**eem | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **sh**ip | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**rap | t | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | **ch**art | S | 
| θ | T | voiceless dental fricative | **th**in | T | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**est | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | **w**est | u | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | **z**ero | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | vi**s**ion | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| ə | @ | mid-central vowel | **a**ren**a** | @ | 
| ɚ |  @` | mid-central r-colored vowel | read**er** | @ | 
| æ | \$1 | near open-front unrounded vowel | tr**a**p | a | 
| aɪ | aI | diphthong | pr**i**ce | a | 
| aʊ | aU | diphthong | m**ou**th | a | 
| ɑ | A | long open-back unrounded vowel | f**a**ther | a | 
| eɪ | eI | diphthong | f**a**ce | e | 
| ɝ | 3` | open mid-central unrounded r-colored vowel | n**ur**se | E | 
| ɛ | E | open mid-front unrounded vowel | dr**e**ss | E | 
| i | i | long close front unrounded vowel | fl**ee**ce | i | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | k**i**t | i | 
| oʊ | oU | diphthong | g**oa**t | o | 
| ɔ | O | long open mid-back rounded vowel | th**ou**ght | O | 
| ɔɪ | OI | diphthong | ch**oi**ce | O | 
| u | u | long close-back rounded vowel | g**oo**se | u | 
| ʊ | U | near-close near-back rounded vowel | f**oo**t | u | 
| ʌ | V | open-mid-back unrounded vowel | str**u**t | E | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |