# Italian (it-IT)
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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 Italian voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**acca | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**ama | t | 
| d͡z | dz | voiced alveolar affricate | **z**ero | s | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | **g**iro | S | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**amiglia | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**atto | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**orror | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | d**i**eci | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**ampo | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**ido | t | 
| ʎ | L | palatal lateral approximant | a**gli**o | J | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**ille | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**ove | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | lasa**gn**e | J | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**izza | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | **r**isata | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**ei | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **sci**enza | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**avola | t | 
| t͡s | ts | voiceless alveolar affricate | for**z**a | s | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | **ci**elo | S | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**enti | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | q**u**attro | u | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | bi**s**ogno | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | bi**j**ou | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | **a**rco | a | 
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | tr**e** | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | **e**ttaro | E | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | **i**mpero | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | cent**o** | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | **o**tto | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | **u**no | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |