

# Portuguese (pt-PT)
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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 Portuguese 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>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>alveolar flap</td><td>pi<b>r</b>a</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td><b>d</b>ato</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td><b>d</b>ato</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td><b>f</b>acto</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td><b>g</b>ato</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>paragua<b>y</b></td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td><b>c</b>acto</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>ga<b>l</b>o</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʎ</td><td>L</td><td>palatal lateral approximant</td><td>ga<b>lh</b>o</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td><b>m</b>ato</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td><b>n</b>ato</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>pi<b>nh</b>a</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td><b>p</b>ato</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʀ</td><td>R\</td><td>uvular trill</td><td>ba<b>rr</b>oso</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td><b>s</b>aca</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td><b>ch</b>ato</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td><b>t</b>acto</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td><b>v</b>aca</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>ma<b>u</b></td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td><b>z</b>aca</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td><b>j</b>acto</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5"><b>Vowels</b></td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>p<b>a</b>rto</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ã</td><td>a~</td><td>nasal open front unrounded vowel</td><td>p<b>e</b>ga</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>p<b>e</b>ga</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ẽ</td><td>e~</td><td>nasal close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>mov<b>e</b>m</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>caf<b>é</b></td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>l<b>i</b>ngueta</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ĩ</td><td>i~</td><td>nasal close front unrounded vowel</td><td>c<b>i</b>nto</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>p<b>o</b>der</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>õ</td><td>o~</td><td>nasal close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>c<b>o</b>mpra</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>cot<b>ó</b></td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>f<b>u</b>i</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ũ</td><td>u~</td><td>nasal close back rounded vowel</td><td>s<b>u</b>nto</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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