

# German (Austrian) (de-AT)
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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 Austrian German 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>ʔ</td><td>?</td><td>glottal stop</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**B**ier</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**D**ach</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ç</td><td>C</td><td>voiceless palatal fricative</td><td>i**ch**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ</td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>**Dsch**ungel</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>Voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**V**ogel</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>Voiced velar plosive</td><td>**G**abel</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>Voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**H**aus</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>Voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**j**emand</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>Voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**K**leid</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>Alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**L**och</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>Bilabial nasal</td><td>**M**ilch</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>Alveolar nasal</td><td>**N**atur</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>Velar nasal</td><td>kli**ng**en</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>Voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**P**ark</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p͡f</td><td>pf</td><td>Voiceless labiodental affricate</td><td>A**pf**el</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʀ</td><td>R</td><td>Uvular trill</td><td>**R**egen</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>Me**ss**er</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>Voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>Fi**sch**er</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>Voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**T**opf</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡s</td><td>Ts</td><td>Voiceless alveolar affricate</td><td>**Z**ahl</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡ʃ</td><td>tS</td><td>Voiceless postalveolar affricate</td><td>deu**tsch**</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>Voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**W**asser</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>Voiceless velar fricative</td><td>ko**ch**en</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>Voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>**S**ee</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>Voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>Oran**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>b**ö**se</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɐ</td><td>6</td><td>near-open central vowel</td><td>bess**er**</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɐ̯</td><td>6\_^</td><td>non-syllabic near-open central vowel</td><td>Kl**ar**</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ</td><td>9</td><td>open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>k**ö**nnen</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>Red**e**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>S**a**lz</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a:</td><td>a:</td><td>long open front unrounded vowel</td><td>S**ah**ne</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>aɪ</td><td>aI</td><td>diphthong</td><td>n**ei**n</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>aʊ</td><td>aU</td><td>diphthong</td><td>**Au**gen</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ̃</td><td>A\~</td><td>nasal open back unrounded vowel</td><td>Restaur**ant**</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e:</td><td>e:</td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>R**e**de</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>K**e**ller</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ̃</td><td>E\~</td><td>nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>Terr**ain**</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i:</td><td>i:</td><td>long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>L**ie**d</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>b**i**tte</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o:</td><td>o:</td><td>long close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>K**oh**l</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>K**o**ffer</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ̃</td><td>O\~</td><td>nasal open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>Ann**on**ce</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔʏ</td><td>OY</td><td>diphthong</td><td>n**eu**</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u:</td><td>u:</td><td>long close back rounded vowel</td><td>Br**u**der</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ</td><td>U</td><td>near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td>W**u**nder</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y:</td><td>y:</td><td>long close front rounded vowel</td><td>k**üh**l</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ</td><td>Y</td><td>near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>K**ü**che</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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