Italian (it-IT)

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 Italian voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	bacca	p
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	dama	t
d͡z	dz	voiced alveolar affricate	zero	s
d͡ʒ	dZ	voiced postalveolar affricate	giro	S
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	famiglia	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	gatto	k
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	horror	k
j	j	palatal approximant	dieci	i
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	campo	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	lido	t
ʎ	L	palatal lateral approximant	aglio	J
m	m	bilabial nasal	mille	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	nove	t
ɲ	J	palatal nasal	lasagne	J
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pizza	p
r	r	alveolar trill	risata	r
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	sei	s
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	scienza	S
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	tavola	t
t͡s	ts	voiceless alveolar affricate	forza	s
t͡ʃ	tS	voiceless postalveolar affricate	cielo	S
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	venti	f
w	w	labial-velar approximant	quattro	u
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	bisogno	s
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	bijou	S
Vowels
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	arco	a
e	e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	tre	e
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	ettaro	E
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	impero	i
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	cento	o
ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	otto	O
u	u	close back rounded vowel	uno	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma

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