# Finnish (fi-FI)
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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 Finnish voice that is supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Finnish consonants**  | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | [p]ankki | p | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | [t]alo | t | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | [k]aali | k | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | [d]ata | t | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | [s]ali | s | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | [h]attu | k | 
| ʋ | v\$1 | voiced labiodental approximant | [v]aivaَ | v | 
| j | j | palatal approximant  | [j]oki | i | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | [l]oma | t | 
| r | r | voiced alveolar trill | [r]iita | r | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | [m]ato | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | [n]enäa | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | he[n]ki | k | 
|  **Consonants found in loanwords**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | [b]ussi | p | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | [f]irma | v | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | [w]iki | u | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | [z]ulu | s | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | [g]aala | k | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | [sh]akki | S | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | [g]enre | S | 
| θ | T | voiceless dental fricative | ear[th] | T | 
| ð | D | voiced dental fricative | ei[th]er | T | 
|  **Short vowels**  | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | k[i]lo | i | 
| ɛ | E | open mid-front unrounded vowel | k[e]sä | E | 
| æ | \$1 | near open-front unrounded vowel | k[ä]ly | A | 
| y | y | close front rounded vowel | k[y]lä | u | 
| ø | 2 | close mid-front rounded vowel | p[ö]ly | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | k[u]lo | u | 
| ɔ | O | open mid-back rounded vowel | k[o]lo | O | 
| ɑ | A | open back unrounded vowel | k[a]la | A | 
|  **Long vowels**  | 
| iː | iː | long close front unrounded vowel | s[ii]li | i | 
| ɛː | E: | long open mid-front unrounded vowel | [ee]tu | E | 
| æː | \$1: | long near open-front unrounded vowel | t[ää]llä | A | 
| y: | y: | long close front unrounded vowel | t[yy]li | u | 
| øː | 2: | long close mid-front rounded vowel | t[öö]lö | O | 
| u: | u: | long close back rounded vowel | t[uu]li | u | 
| ɔː | O: | long open mid-back rounded vowel | r[oo]li | O | 
| ɑː | A: | long open back unrounded vowel  | k[aa]su | A | 
|  **Dipthongs**  | 
| ɛi | Ei | dipthong | l[ei]pä | E | 
| æi | \$1i | dipthong | [äi]ti | A | 
| ui | ui | dipthong | k[ui]n | u | 
| ɑi | Ai | dipthong | k[ai]kki | A | 
| ɔi | Oi | dipthong  | p[oi]ka | O | 
| øi | 2i | dipthong | s[öi]n | O | 
| yi | yi | dipthong | l[yi]jy | u | 
| ɑu | Au | dipthong | s[au]na | A | 
| ɔu | Ou | dipthong | k[ou]lu | O | 
| ɛu | Eu | dipthong | r[eu]na | E | 
| iu | iu | dipthong | v[iu]lu | i | 
| æy | \$1y | dipthong | t[äy]nnä | A | 
| øy | 2y | dipthong | k[öy]hä | O | 
| ɛy | Ey | dipthong | pes[ey]tyä | E | 
| iy | iy | dipthong | käär[iy]tyä | i | 
| iɛ | iE | dipthong | t[ie] | i | 
| yø | y2 | dipthong | [yö] | u | 
| uɔ | uO | dipthong | t[uo] | u | 
|  **Vowels found in English loanwords**  | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | b[i]t | i | 
| ʊ | U | near-close near-back rounded vowel | b[oo]k | u | 
| ə | @ | mid-central vowel | [a]bout | @ | 
| ʌ | V | open-mid-back unrounded vowel | c[u]t | E |