# Dutch (Belgian) (nl-BE)
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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 Belgian Dutch (Flemish) voices that are 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>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**b**ak</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**d**ak</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ</td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>mana**g**er</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**el</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**oal</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ</td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar fricative</td><td>**h**oed</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɦ</td><td>h\\</td><td>voiced glottal fricative</td><td>**h**and</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>**j**a</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**k**ap</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**l**and</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**m**et</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**n**et</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>**ba**ng</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**ak</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>**r**and</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**ein</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>**sh**ow</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**ak</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**v**el</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʋ</td><td>v\\</td><td>labiodental approximant</td><td>**w**it</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>**to**ch</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>**z**iin</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>baga**g**e</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>øː</td><td>2:</td><td>long close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>n**eu**s</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œy</td><td>9y</td><td>dipthong</td><td>b**ui**t</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>d**e**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a:</td><td>a:</td><td>long open front unrounded vowel</td><td>b**aa**d</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ:</td><td>A</td><td>open back unrounded vowel</td><td>b**a**d</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e:</td><td>e:</td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>b**ee**t</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɜː</td><td>3:</td><td>long open-mid central unrounded vowel</td><td>barri**è**re</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>b**e**d</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛi</td><td>Ei</td><td>dipthong</td><td>b**ee**t</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**ie**r</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>p**i**t</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o:</td><td>o:</td><td>long close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>b**oo**t</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>p**o**t</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>h**oe**d</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʌu</td><td>Vu</td><td>dipthong</td><td>f**ou**t</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>yː</td><td>y:</td><td>long close front rounded vowel</td><td>f**uu**t</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ</td><td>Y</td><td>near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>h**u**t</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Additional Symbols**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˈ</td><td>"</td><td>primary stress</td><td>Ala**ba**ma</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˌ</td><td>%</td><td>secondary stress</td><td>**A**labama</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>.</td><td>.</td><td>syllable boundary</td><td>A.la.ba.ma</td><td></td></tr>
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