# Portuguese (Brazilian) (pt-BR)
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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 Brazilian Portuguese voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| ɾ | 4 | alveolar flap | pi**r**a | t | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**ato | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**ato | t | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | ida**de** | S | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**acto | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**ato | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | paragua**y** | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**acto | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | ga**l**o | t | 
| ʎ | L | palatal lateral approximant | ga**lh**o | J | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**ato | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**ato | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | pi**nh**a | J | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**ato | p | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**aca | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **ch**ato | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**acto | t | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | noi**te** | S | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**aca | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | ma**u** | u | 
| χ | X | voiceless uvular fricative | ca**rr**o | k | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | **z**aca | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | **j**acto | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | p**a**rto | a | 
| ã | a\$1 | nasal open front unrounded vowel | pens**a**mos | a | 
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | p**e**ga | e | 
| ẽ | e\$1 | nasal close-mid front unrounded vowel | mov**e**m | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | caf**é** | E | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | l**i**ngueta | i | 
| ĩ | i\$1 | nasal close front unrounded vowel | c**i**nto | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | p**o**der | o | 
| õ | o\$1 | nasal close-mid back rounded vowel | c**o**mpra | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | cot**ó** | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | f**u**i | u | 
| ũ | u\$1 | nasal close back rounded vowel | s**u**nto | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |