# Swedish (sv-SE)
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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 Swedish voice 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**il</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>**d**al</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖ</td><td>d`</td><td>voiced retroflex plosive</td><td>bo**rd**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**il</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**ås</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>h</td><td>h</td><td>voiceless glottal fricative</td><td>**h**al</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>**j**ag</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**k**al</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>**l**ös</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɭ</td><td>l`</td><td>retroflex lateral approximant</td><td>hä**rl**ig</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**m**il</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>**n**ålar</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɳ</td><td>n`</td><td>retroflex nasal</td><td>ba**rn**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>ri**ng**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**il</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td>**r**is</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**il</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɕ</td><td>s\\</td><td>voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative</td><td>**tj**ock</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʂ</td><td>s`</td><td>voiceless retroflex fricative</td><td>fo**rs**, **sch**lager</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**al</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈ</td><td>t`</td><td>voiceless retroflex plosive</td><td>hjo**rt**</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**v**år</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>a**u**la, air**w**ays</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɧ</td><td>x\\</td><td>voiceless palatal-velar fricative</td><td>**sj**uk</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ø</td><td>2</td><td>close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>f**ö**ll, f**ö**rr</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ø</td><td>2:</td><td>long close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>f**ö**l, n**ö**t, f**ö**r</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɵ</td><td>8</td><td>close-mid central rounded vowel</td><td>b**u**ss, f**u**ll</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>pojk**e**n</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʉː</td><td>}:</td><td>long close central rounded vowel</td><td>h**u**s, f**u**l</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>h**a**ll, m**a**tt</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>æ</td><td>{</td><td>near-open front unrounded vowel</td><td>h**e**rr</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑː</td><td>A:</td><td>long open back unrounded vowel</td><td>h**a**l, m**a**t</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e:</td><td>e:</td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**e**t, h**e**l</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**e**tt, r**ä**tt, h**e**tta, h**ä**ll</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛː</td><td>E:</td><td>long open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>s**ä**l, h**ä**l, h**ä**r</td><td>E:</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i:</td><td>i:</td><td>long close front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**i**t, s**i**l</td><td>i:</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**i**tt, s**i**ll</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o:</td><td>o:</td><td>long close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h**å**l, m**å**l</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h**å**ll, m**o**ll</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u:</td><td>u:</td><td>long close back rounded vowel</td><td>s**o**l, b**o**t</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ</td><td>U</td><td>near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td>b**o**tt</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y</td><td>y</td><td>close front rounded vowel</td><td>b**y**tt</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y:</td><td>y:</td><td>long close front rounded vowel</td><td>s**y**l, s**y**l</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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