# Hindi (hi-IN)
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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 phoneme's sound type for the Hindi voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

For additional phonemes used in conjunction with Hindi, see [English (Indian) (en-IN)](ph-table-english-in.md). 


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

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  <tr><th>IPA</th><th>X-SAMPA</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr>
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  <tr><td colspan="4">**Consonants**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>pʰ</td><td>p\_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive</td><td>**फू**ल (phool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>bʱ</td><td>b\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated bilabial plosive</td><td>**भा**री (bhaari)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t̪</td><td>t\_d</td><td>voiceless dental plosive</td><td>**ता**पमान (taapmaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t̪ʰ</td><td>t\_d\_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated dental plosive</td><td>**थो**ड़ा (thoda)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d̪</td><td>d\_d</td><td>voiced dental plosive</td><td>**दि**ल्ली (dilli)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d̪ʱ</td><td>d\_d\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated dental plosive</td><td>**धो**बी (dhobi)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈ</td><td>t`</td><td>voiceless retroflex plosive</td><td>क**टो**रा (katora)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈʰ</td><td>t`\_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated retroflex plosive</td><td>**ठं**ड (thand)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖ</td><td>d`</td><td>voiced retroflex plosive</td><td>**ड**र (darr)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖʱ</td><td>d`\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated retroflex plosive</td><td>**ढा**ल (dhal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>tʃʰ</td><td>tS\_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated palatal affricate</td><td>**छा**ल (chaal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>dʒʱ</td><td>dZ\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated palatal affricate</td><td>**झा**ल (jhaal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>kʰ</td><td>k\_h </td><td>voiceless aspirated velar plosive</td><td>**खा**न (khan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɡʱ</td><td>g\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated velar plosive</td><td>**घा**न (ghaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɳ</td><td>n`</td><td>retroflex nasal</td><td>क्ष**ण** (kshan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>alveolar flap</td><td>**रा**म (ram)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɽ</td><td>r`</td><td>plain retroflex flap</td><td>ब**ड़ा** (bada)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɽʱ</td><td>r`\_h</td><td>voiced aspirated retroflex flap</td><td>ब**ढ़ी** (barhi)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʋ</td><td>v\\</td><td>bilabial approximant</td><td>**व**सूल (wasool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="4">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@\_o</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>**अ**च्छा (achhaa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə̃</td><td>@\~</td><td>nasalised mid central vowel</td><td>**हँ**सना (hansnaa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>A\_o</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>**आ**ग (aag)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ã</td><td>A\~</td><td>nasalised open front unrounded vowel</td><td>घड़ि**याँ ** (ghariyaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I\_o</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>**इ**क्कीस (ikkees)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ̃</td><td>I\~</td><td>nasalised near-close near front unrounded vowel</td><td>**सिं**चाई (sinchai)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i\_o</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>बि**ल्ली** (billee)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ĩ</td><td>i\~</td><td>nasalised close front unrounded vowel</td><td>न**हीं** (nahin)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ</td><td>U\_o</td><td>near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td>**उ**ल्लू (ullu)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ̃</td><td>U\~</td><td>nasalised near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td>**मुँ**ह (munh)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u\_o</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>**फू**ल (phool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ũ</td><td>u\~</td><td>nasalised close back rounded vowel</td><td>**ऊँ**ट (oont)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O\_o</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>**कौ**न (kaun)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ̃</td><td>O\~</td><td>nasalised open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>**भौं** (bhaun)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>**सो**ना (sona)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>õ</td><td>o\~</td><td>nasalised close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>**क्यों** (kyon)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E\_o</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>**पै**सा (paisa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ̃</td><td>E\~</td><td>nasalised open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>**मैं** (main)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>**ए**क (ek)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ẽ</td><td>e\~</td><td>nasalised close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>किता**बें ** (kitabein)</td></tr>
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