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