# Hindi (hi-IN)
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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 phoneme's sound type for the Hindi voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

For additional phonemes used in conjunction with Hindi, see [English (Indian) (en-IN)](ph-table-english-in.md). 


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

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  <tr><th>IPA</th><th>X-SAMPA</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr>
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  <tr><td colspan="4"><b>Consonants</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>pʰ</td><td>p_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive</td><td><b>फू</b>ल (phool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>bʱ</td><td>b_h</td><td>voiced aspirated bilabial plosive</td><td><b>भा</b>री (bhaari)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t̪</td><td>t_d</td><td>voiceless dental plosive</td><td><b>ता</b>पमान (taapmaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t̪ʰ</td><td>t_d_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated dental plosive</td><td><b>थो</b>ड़ा (thoda)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d̪</td><td>d_d</td><td>voiced dental plosive</td><td><b>दि</b>ल्ली (dilli)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d̪ʱ</td><td>d_d_h</td><td>voiced aspirated dental plosive</td><td><b>धो</b>बी (dhobi)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈ</td><td>t`</td><td>voiceless retroflex plosive</td><td>क<b>टो</b>रा (katora)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʈʰ</td><td>t`_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated retroflex plosive</td><td><b>ठं</b>ड (thand)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖ</td><td>d`</td><td>voiced retroflex plosive</td><td><b>ड</b>र (darr)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɖʱ</td><td>d`_h</td><td>voiced aspirated retroflex plosive</td><td><b>ढा</b>ल (dhal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>tʃʰ</td><td>tS_h</td><td>voiceless aspirated palatal affricate</td><td><b>छा</b>ल (chaal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>dʒʱ</td><td>dZ_h</td><td>voiced aspirated palatal affricate</td><td><b>झा</b>ल (jhaal)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>kʰ</td><td>k_h </td><td>voiceless aspirated velar plosive</td><td><b>खा</b>न (khan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɡʱ</td><td>g_h</td><td>voiced aspirated velar plosive</td><td><b>घा</b>न (ghaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɳ</td><td>n`</td><td>retroflex nasal</td><td>क्ष<b>ण</b> (kshan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>alveolar flap</td><td><b>रा</b>म (ram)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɽ</td><td>r`</td><td>plain retroflex flap</td><td>ब<b>ड़ा</b> (bada)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɽʱ</td><td>r`_h</td><td>voiced aspirated retroflex flap</td><td>ब<b>ढ़ी</b> (barhi)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʋ</td><td>v\</td><td>bilabial approximant</td><td><b>व</b>सूल (wasool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="4"><b>Vowels</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@_o</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td><b>अ</b>च्छा (achhaa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə̃</td><td>@~</td><td>nasalised mid central vowel</td><td><b>हँ</b>सना (hansnaa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>A_o</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>आ</b>ग (aag)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ã</td><td>A~</td><td>nasalised open front unrounded vowel</td><td>घड़ि<b>याँ </b> (ghariyaan)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ</td><td>I_o</td><td>near-close near-front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>इ</b>क्कीस (ikkees)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɪ̃</td><td>I~</td><td>nasalised near-close near front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>सिं</b>चाई (sinchai)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i_o</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>बि<b>ल्ली</b> (billee)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ĩ</td><td>i~</td><td>nasalised close front unrounded vowel</td><td>न<b>हीं</b> (nahin)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ</td><td>U_o</td><td>near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td><b>उ</b>ल्लू (ullu)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʊ̃</td><td>U~</td><td>nasalised near-close near-back rounded vowel</td><td><b>मुँ</b>ह (munh)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u_o</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td><b>फू</b>ल (phool)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ũ</td><td>u~</td><td>nasalised close back rounded vowel</td><td><b>ऊँ</b>ट (oont)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O_o</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td><b>कौ</b>न (kaun)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ̃</td><td>O~</td><td>nasalised open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td><b>भौं</b> (bhaun)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td><b>सो</b>ना (sona)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>õ</td><td>o~</td><td>nasalised close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td><b>क्यों</b> (kyon)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E_o</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>पै</b>सा (paisa)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ̃</td><td>E~</td><td>nasalised open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>मैं</b> (main)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td><b>ए</b>क (ek)</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ẽ</td><td>e~</td><td>nasalised close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>किता<b>बें </b> (kitabein)</td></tr>
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