# French (Canadian) (fr-CA)
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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 French Canadian 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"><b>Consonants</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td><b>b</b>oire</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>ma<b>d</b>ame</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td><b>f</b>emme</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td><b>g</b>rand</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɥ</td><td>H</td><td>labial-palatal approximant</td><td>br<b>u</b>it</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>mei<b>ll</b>eur</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td><b>q</b>uatre</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>ma<b>l</b>ade</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td><b>m</b>aison</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>astro<b>n</b>ome</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>bai<b>gn</b>er</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>parki<b>ng</b></td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td><b>p</b>omme</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʁ</td><td>R</td><td>voiced uvular fricative</td><td>amou<b>r</b>eux</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td><b>s</b>anté</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td><b>ch</b>at</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td><b>t</b>éléphone</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td><b>v</b>rai</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>s<b>o</b>ir</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>rai<b>s</b>on</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>auber<b>g</b>ine</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5"><b>Vowels</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ø</td><td>2</td><td>close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>d<b>eu</b>x</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ</td><td>9</td><td>open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>n<b>eu</b>f</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ̃</td><td>9~</td><td>nasal open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>br<b>un</b></td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>j<b>e</b></td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>t<b>a</b>ble</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ̃</td><td>A~</td><td>nasal open back unrounded vowel</td><td>cam<b>em</b>bert</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>march<b>é</b></td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>n<b>ei</b>ge</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ̃</td><td>E~</td><td>nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>sap<b>in</b></td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>m<b>i</b>lle</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h<b>ô</b>pital</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h<b>o</b>mme</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ̃</td><td>O~</td><td>nasal open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>b<b>on</b></td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>s<b>ou</b>s</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y</td><td>y</td><td>close front rounded vowel</td><td>d<b>u</b>r</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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