

# Icelandic (is-IS)
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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 Icelandic 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>gras**b**akkanum</td><td>0</td></tr>
  <tr><td>c</td><td>c</td><td>voiceless palatal plosive</td><td>pak**k**in</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>cʰ</td><td>c\_h</td><td>aspirated voiceless palatal plosive</td><td>anar**k**istai</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ç</td><td>C</td><td>voiceless palatal fricative</td><td>**h**éðan</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>bón**d**i</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ð</td><td>D</td><td>voiced dental fricative</td><td>bor**ð**</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>du**f**t</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>hol**g**óma</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ</td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar fricative</td><td>hu**g**ur</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**h**eili</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>**j**ökull</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>kʰ</td><td>k\_h</td><td>aspirated voiceless velar plosive</td><td>ós**k**öpunum</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>gó**l**f</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l̥</td><td>l\_0</td><td>voiceless alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>fó**l**k</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>septe**m**ber</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m̥</td><td>m\_0</td><td>voiceless bilabial nasal</td><td>ko**m**pa</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**n**úmer</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n̥</td><td>n\_0</td><td>voiceless alveolar nasal</td><td>pö**n**tun</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>pæli**n**gar</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>sö**n**gvarann</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ̊</td><td>N\_0</td><td>voiceless velar nasal</td><td>fræ**n**ka</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>pʰ</td><td>p\_h</td><td>aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>af**p**lánun</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>afsk**r**ifta</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r̥</td><td>r\_0</td><td>voiceless alveolar trill</td><td>andvö**r**pum</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>baðhú**s**</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>tʰ</td><td>t\_h</td><td>aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**anki</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>θ</td><td>T</td><td>voiceless dental fricative</td><td>**þ**eldökki</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>sil**f**ur</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td></td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>samféla**g**s</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ</td><td>9</td><td>open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>þr**ö**skuldinum</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œː</td><td>9:</td><td>long open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>tv**ö**</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>nefn**a**</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a:</td><td>a:</td><td>long open front unrounded vowel</td><td>f**a**ra</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>au</td><td>au</td><td>diphthong</td><td>**á**tta</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>au:</td><td>au:</td><td>diphthong</td><td>**á**tján</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>k**e**nnari</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ:</td><td>E:</td><td>long open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>dr**e**ka</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>Gúl**í**ver</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i:</td><td>i:</td><td>long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>þr**í**r</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>samsp**i**l</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ:</td><td>I:</td><td>long near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>st**i**g</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>regndr**o**par</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ:</td><td>O:</td><td>long open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>ullarb**o**lur</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔu</td><td>Ou</td><td>diphthong</td><td>t**ó**lf</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔu:</td><td>Ou:</td><td>diphthong</td><td>fj**ó**rir</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>st**ú**lkan</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u:</td><td>u:</td><td>long close back rounded vowel</td><td>fr**ú**</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ</td><td>Y</td><td>near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>t**í**u</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ:</td><td>Y</td><td>long near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>gr**u**ninn</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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