

# Dutch (nl-NL)
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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 Dutch 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"><b>Consonants</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td><b>b</b>ak</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td><b>d</b>ak</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ</td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>mana<b>g</b>er</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td><b>f</b>el</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td><b>g</b>oal</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ</td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar fricative</td><td><b>h</b>oed</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɦ</td><td>h\</td><td>voiced glottal fricative</td><td><b>h</b>and</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td><b>j</b>a</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td><b>k</b>ap</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td><b>l</b>and</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td><b>m</b>et</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td><b>n</b>et</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td><b>ba</b>ng</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td><b>p</b>ak</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>alveolar trill</td><td><b>r</b>and</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td><b>s</b>ein</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td><b>sh</b>ow</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td><b>t</b>ak</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td><b>v</b>el</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʋ</td><td>v\</td><td>labiodental approximant</td><td><b>w</b>it</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td><b>to</b>ch</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td><b>z</b>iin</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>baga<b>g</b>e</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5"><b>Vowels</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>øː</td><td>2:</td><td>long close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>n<b>eu</b>s</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œy</td><td>9y</td><td>dipthong</td><td>b<b>ui</b>t</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>d<b>e</b></td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a:</td><td>a:</td><td>long open front unrounded vowel</td><td>b<b>aa</b>d</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ:</td><td>A</td><td>open back unrounded vowel</td><td>b<b>a</b>d</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e:</td><td>e:</td><td>long close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>b<b>ee</b>t</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɜː</td><td>3:</td><td>long open-mid central unrounded vowel</td><td>barri<b>è</b>re</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>b<b>e</b>d</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛi</td><td>Ei</td><td>dipthong</td><td>b<b>ee</b>t</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>v<b>ie</b>r</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td>p<b>i</b>t</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o:</td><td>o:</td><td>long close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>b<b>oo</b>t</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>p<b>o</b>t</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>h<b>oe</b>d</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʌu</td><td>Vu</td><td>dipthong</td><td>f<b>ou</b>t</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>yː</td><td>y:</td><td>long close front rounded vowel</td><td>f<b>uu</b>t</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʏ</td><td>Y</td><td>near-close near-front rounded vowel</td><td>h<b>u</b>t</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5"><b>Additional Symbols</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˈ</td><td>"</td><td>primary stress</td><td>Ala<b>ba</b>ma</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˌ</td><td>%</td><td>secondary stress</td><td><b>A</b>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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