# Italian (it-IT)
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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 Italian 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>**b**acca</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**d**ama</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡z</td><td>dz</td><td>voiced alveolar affricate</td><td>**z**ero</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ</td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>**g**iro</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**amiglia</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**atto</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**h**orror</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>d**i**eci</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**c**ampo</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**l**ido</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʎ</td><td>L</td><td>palatal lateral approximant</td><td>a**gli**o</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**m**ille</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**n**ove</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>lasa**gn**e</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**izza</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>**r**isata</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**ei</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>**sci**enza</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**avola</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡s</td><td>ts</td><td>voiceless alveolar affricate</td><td>for**z**a</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡ʃ</td><td>tS</td><td>voiceless postalveolar affricate</td><td>**ci**elo</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**v**enti</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>q**u**attro</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>bi**s**ogno</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>bi**j**ou</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>**a**rco</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>tr**e**</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>**e**ttaro</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>**i**mpero</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>cent**o**</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>**o**tto</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>**u**no</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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