# Spanish (US) (es-US)
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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 US Spanish 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>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>alveolar flap</td><td>pe**r**o, b**r**avo, amo**r**, ete**r**no</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**b**estia </td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>β</td><td>B</td><td>voiced bilabial fricative</td><td>be**b**é</td><td>B</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>cuan**d**o </td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ð</td><td>D</td><td>voiced dental fricative</td><td>ar**d**er </td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**ase, ca**f**é </td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**ato, len**g**ua, **g**uerra </td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ</td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar fricative</td><td>tri**g**o, Ar**g**os </td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>hac**i**a, t**i**erra, rad**i**o, v**i**uda </td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʝ</td><td>j\\</td><td>voiced palatal fricative</td><td>enh**i**elar, sa**y**o, in**y**ectado, des**y**erba </td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**c**aña, la**c**a, **q**uisimos </td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>lateral alveolar approximant</td><td>**l**ino, ca**l**or, principa**l**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**m**adre, co**m**er, a**n**fibio </td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**n**ido, a**n**illo, si**n**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>caba**ñ**a, ** ñ**oquis </td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>a**n**gosto, i**n**creíble</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**ozo, to**p**o </td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>pe**rr**o, en**r**achado </td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**aco, ca**s**a, puerta**s**</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>**sh**ow, fla**sh**</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**amiz, á**t**omo </td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡ʃ</td><td>tS</td><td>voiceless postalveolar affricate</td><td>**ch**ubasco </td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>f**u**ego, f**u**imos, c**u**ota, c**u**adro </td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>**j**amón, **g**eneral, pea**j**e, relo**j**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>ra**s**go, mi**s**mo </td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a </td><td>a </td><td>central open unrounded vowel </td><td>t**a**nque </td><td>a </td></tr>
  <tr><td>e </td><td>e </td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel </td><td>p**e**so </td><td>e </td></tr>
  <tr><td>i </td><td>i </td><td>close front unrounded vowel </td><td>c**i**nco </td><td>i </td></tr>
  <tr><td>o </td><td>o </td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel </td><td>b**o**sque </td><td>o </td></tr>
  <tr><td>u </td><td>u </td><td>close back rounded vowel </td><td>p**u**blicar</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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