# Arabic (arb)
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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 Arabic voice of Zeina that is supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

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  <tr><th>IPA</th><th>X-SAMPA</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th><th>Viseme</th></tr>
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  <tr><td colspan="5">**Consonants**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʔ</td><td>?</td><td>glottal stop</td><td>أَنا</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʕ</td><td>?\\</td><td>voiced pharyngeal fricative</td><td>عُمَر</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>بَلَد</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive </td><td>داري </td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>dˤ </td><td>d\_?\\ </td><td>emphatic voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>ضَوء</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ </td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>جَميل</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ð</td><td>D</td><td>voiced dental fricative</td><td>ذلِكَ</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ðˤ </td><td>D\_?\\</td><td>emphatic voiced dental fricative </td><td>ظَلام</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>فَصل</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɡ </td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>إنجلترا</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ </td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar fricative </td><td>غَرب</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>هذا</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j </td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>يَمشي</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k </td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>كَلب</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l </td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>لاقى</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>lˠ </td><td>l\_G</td><td>emphatic alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>عبدالله</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m </td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>ماذا</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n </td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>نور</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p </td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>حَبس</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>q </td><td>q</td><td>voiceless uvular plosive</td><td>قَريب</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>رَمل</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s </td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>سُؤال</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>sˤ </td><td>s\_?\\</td><td>emphatic voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>صاحِب</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ </td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>شُكر</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>تَمر</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>tˤ </td><td>t\_?\\</td><td>emphatic voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>طالِب</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>θ</td><td>T</td><td>voiceless dental fricative</td><td>ثَلاث</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>فيتامين </td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w </td><td>w</td><td>labio-velar approximant</td><td>وَلَد</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x </td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>خَوْف</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ħ </td><td>X\\</td><td>voiceless pharyngeal fricative</td><td>حَوْلَ</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z </td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative </td><td>زُهور</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>بَرد</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>aː </td><td>a: </td><td>long open front unrounded vowel</td><td>دار</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑˤ </td><td>A\_?\\</td><td>emphatic open back unrounded vowel</td><td>طَبل</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑˤː </td><td>A\_?\\:</td><td>emphatic long open back unrounded vowel</td><td>ظالِم</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u </td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>شُرب</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u:</td><td>u: </td><td>long close back rounded vowel </td><td>سور</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>uˤ </td><td>u\_?\\</td><td>emphatic close back rounded vowel</td><td>بُدّ</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>uˤː </td><td>u\_?\\:</td><td>emphatic long close back rounded vowel</td><td>طول</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>بِنت</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>iː </td><td>i: </td><td>long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>حَزين</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>iˤ </td><td>i\_?\\</td><td>emphatic close front unrounded vowel </td><td>ضِدّ</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>iˤː </td><td>i\_?\\:</td><td>emphatic long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>ماضي</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e </td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>ماركت</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>eː</td><td>e: </td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>موديل</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ </td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>تكنولوجي</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔː </td><td>O: </td><td>long open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>تليفزيون</td><td>O</td></tr>
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