# Russian (ru-RU)
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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 Russian 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>**б**орт</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>bʲ</td><td>b'</td><td>palatalized voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**б**юро</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**д**ом</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>dʲ</td><td>d'</td><td>palatalized voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**д**я**д**я</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**ф**лаг</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>fʲ</td><td>f'</td><td>palatalized voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**ф**евраль</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>но**г**а</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɡʲ</td><td>g'</td><td>palatalized voiced velar plosive</td><td>**г**ерой</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>диза**й**н, **я**щик</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**к**от</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>kʲ</td><td>k'</td><td>palatalized voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**к**ино</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**л**ампа</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>lʲ</td><td>l'</td><td>palatalized alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**л**ес</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**м**ама</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>mʲ</td><td>m'</td><td>palatalized bilabial nasal</td><td>**м**яч</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**н**ос</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>nʲ</td><td>n'</td><td>palatalized alveolar nasal</td><td>**н**я**н**я</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**п**апа</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>pʲ</td><td>p'</td><td>palatalized voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**п**еро</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>**р**оза</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>rʲ</td><td>r'</td><td>palatalized alveolar trill</td><td>**р**юмка</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**с**ыр</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>sʲ</td><td>s'</td><td>palatalized voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**с**ердце, ру**сь**</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɕ:</td><td>s\\:</td><td>long voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative</td><td>**щ**ека</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʂ</td><td>s`</td><td>voiceless retroflex fricative</td><td>**ш**ум</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**т**очка</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>tʲ</td><td>t'</td><td>palatalized voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**т**ё**т**я</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡s</td><td>ts</td><td>voiceless alveolar affricate</td><td>**ц**арь</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡ɕ</td><td>ts\\</td><td>voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate</td><td>**ч**ас</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**в**ор</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>vʲ</td><td>v'</td><td>palatalized voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**в**ерфь</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>**х**ор</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>xʲ</td><td>x'</td><td>palatalized voiceless velar fricative</td><td>**х**имия</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>**з**уб</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>zʲ</td><td>z'</td><td>palatalized voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>**з**има</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʑ:</td><td>z\\:</td><td>long voiced alveolo-palatal fricative</td><td>уе**зж**ать</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʐ</td><td>z`</td><td>voiced retroflex fricative</td><td>**ж**ена</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>канарейк**а**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>дв**а**, **я**блоко</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>п**е**чь</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>**э**то</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>од**и**н, ч**е**тыре</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>к**о**т</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>м**у**ж, вь**ю**га</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɨ</td><td>1</td><td>close central unrounded vowel</td><td>м**ы**шь</td><td>i</td></tr>
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