

# Norwegian (nb-NO)
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The following chart lists the full set of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes and the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols as well as the corresponding visemes as supported by Amazon Polly for Norwegian language voices.


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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>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>alveolar flap</td><td>p**r**øv</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>la**bb**</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ç</td><td>C</td><td>voiceless palatal fricative</td><td>**k**ino</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>la**dd**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖ</td><td>d`</td><td>voiced retroflex plosive</td><td>ve**rd**i</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**ot</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɡ</td><td>ɡ</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>ta**gg**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**h**a</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>**g**i</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>ta**kk**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>fa**ll**, ba**ll**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɭ</td><td>l`</td><td>retroflex lateral approximant</td><td>æ**rl**ig</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>la**m**</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>va**nn**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɳ</td><td>n`</td><td>retroflex nasal</td><td>ga**rn**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>sa**ng**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>ho**pp**</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>la**ss**</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʂ</td><td>s`</td><td>voiceless retroflex fricative</td><td>å**rs**</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>**s**kyt</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>la**t**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈ</td><td>t`</td><td>voiceless retroflex plosive</td><td>ha**rdt**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʋ</td><td>v\\</td><td>labiodental approximant</td><td>**v**in</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>**w**ill</td><td>x</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>s**ø**t</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ</td><td>9</td><td>open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>s**ø**tt</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>ap**e**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>æː</td><td>{:</td><td>long near-open front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**æ**r</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʉ</td><td>}</td><td>close central rounded vowel</td><td>l**u**nd</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʉː</td><td>}:</td><td>long close central rounded vowel</td><td>l**u**n</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>æ</td><td>{</td><td>near-open front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**æ**rt</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ</td><td>A</td><td>open back unrounded vowel</td><td>h**a**tt</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑː</td><td>A:</td><td>long open back unrounded vowel</td><td>h**a**t</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e:</td><td>e:</td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>s**e**n</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>s**e**nd</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i:</td><td>i:</td><td>long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**i**n</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**i**nd</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>oː</td><td>oː</td><td>long close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>v**å**t</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>v**å**tt</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u:</td><td>u:</td><td>long close back rounded vowel</td><td>b**o**k</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ</td><td>U</td><td>near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td>b**u**kk</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y:</td><td>y:</td><td>long close front rounded vowel</td><td>l**y**n</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ</td><td>Y</td><td>near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>l**y**nne</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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