# French (Belgian) (fr-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 French voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**oire | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | ma**d**ame | t | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**emme | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**rand | k | 
| ɥ | H | labial-palatal approximant | br**u**it | u | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | mei**ll**eur | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **q**uatre | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | ma**l**ade | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**aison | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | astro**n**ome | t | 
| ɲ | J | palatal nasal | bai**gn**er | J | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | parki**ng** | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**omme | p | 
| ʁ | R | voiced uvular fricative | amou**r**eux | k | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**anté | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **ch**at | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**éléphone | t | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**rai | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | s**o**ir | u | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | rai**s**on | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | auber**g**ine | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| ø | 2 | close-mid front rounded vowel | d**eu**x | o | 
| œ | 9 | open-mid front rounded vowel | n**eu**f | O | 
| œ̃ | 9\$1 | nasal open-mid front rounded vowel | br**un** | O | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | j**e** | @ | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | t**a**ble | a | 
| ɑ̃ | A\$1 | nasal open back unrounded vowel | cam**em**bert | a | 
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | march**é** | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | n**ei**ge | E | 
| ɛ̃ | E\$1 | nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel | sap**in** | E | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | m**i**lle | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vowel | h**ô**pital | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | h**o**mme | O | 
| ɔ̃ | O\$1 | nasal open-mid back rounded vowel | b**on** | O | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | s**ou**s | u | 
| y | y | close front rounded vowel | d**u**r | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |