# Icelandic (is-IS)
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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 Icelandic voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | gras**b**akkanum | 0 | 
| c | c | voiceless palatal plosive | pak**k**in | k | 
| cʰ | c\$1h | aspirated voiceless palatal plosive | anar**k**istai | k | 
| ç | C | voiceless palatal fricative | **h**éðan | k | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | bón**d**i | t | 
| ð | D | voiced dental fricative | bor**ð** | T | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | du**f**t | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | hol**g**óma | k | 
| ɣ | G | voiced velar fricative | hu**g**ur | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**eili | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **j**ökull | i | 
| kʰ | k\$1h | aspirated voiceless velar plosive | ós**k**öpunum | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | gó**l**f | t | 
| l̥ | l\$10 | voiceless alveolar lateral approximant | fó**l**k | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | septe**m**ber | p | 
| m̥ | m\$10 | voiceless bilabial nasal | ko**m**pa | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**úmer | t | 
| n̥ | n\$10 | voiceless alveolar nasal | pö**n**tun | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | pæli**n**gar | J | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | sö**n**gvarann | k | 
| ŋ̊ | N\$10 | voiceless velar nasal | fræ**n**ka | k | 
| pʰ | p\$1h | aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive | af**p**lánun | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | afsk**r**ifta | r | 
| r̥ | r\$10 | voiceless alveolar trill | andvö**r**pum | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | baðhú**s** | s | 
| tʰ | t\$1h | aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**anki | t | 
| θ | T | voiceless dental fricative | **þ**eldökki | T | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | sil**f**ur | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant |  | u | 
| x | x | voiceless velar fricative | samféla**g**s | k | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| œ | 9 | open-mid front rounded vowel | þr**ö**skuldinum | O | 
| œː | 9: | long open-mid front rounded vowel | tv**ö** | O | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | nefn**a** | a | 
| a: | a: | long open front unrounded vowel | f**a**ra | a | 
| au | au | diphthong | **á**tta | a | 
| au: | au: | diphthong | **á**tján | a | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | k**e**nnari | E | 
| ɛ: | E: | long open-mid front unrounded vowel | dr**e**ka | E | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | Gúl**í**ver | i | 
| i: | i: | long close front unrounded vowel | þr**í**r | i | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | samsp**i**l | i | 
| ɪ: | I: | long near-close near-front unrounded vowel | st**i**g | i | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | regndr**o**par | O | 
| ɔ: | O: | long open-mid back rounded vowel | ullarb**o**lur | O | 
| ɔu | Ou | diphthong | t**ó**lf | O | 
| ɔu: | Ou: | diphthong | fj**ó**rir | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | st**ú**lkan | u | 
| u: | u: | long close back rounded vowel | fr**ú** | u | 
| ʏ | Y | near-close near-front rounded vowel | t**í**u | u | 
| ʏ: | Y | long near-close near-front rounded vowel | gr**u**ninn | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |