Portuguese (Brazilian) (pt-BR)

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 Brazilian Portuguese voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
ɾ	4	alveolar flap	pira	t
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	bato	p
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	dato	t
d͡ʒ	dZ	voiced postalveolar affricate	idade	S
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	facto	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	gato	k
j	j	palatal approximant	paraguay	i
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	cacto	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	galo	t
ʎ	L	palatal lateral approximant	galho	J
m	m	bilabial nasal	mato	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	nato	t
ɲ	J	palatal nasal	pinha	J
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pato	p
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	saca	s
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	chato	S
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	tacto	t
t͡ʃ	tS	voiceless postalveolar affricate	noite	S
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	vaca	f
w	w	labial-velar approximant	mau	u
χ	X	voiceless uvular fricative	carro	k
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	zaca	s
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	jacto	S
Vowels
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	parto	a
ã	a~	nasal open front unrounded vowel	pensamos	a
e	e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	pega	e
ẽ	e~	nasal close-mid front unrounded vowel	movem	e
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	café	E
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	lingueta	i
ĩ	i~	nasal close front unrounded vowel	cinto	i
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	poder	o
õ	o~	nasal close-mid back rounded vowel	compra	o
ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	cotó	O
u	u	close back rounded vowel	fui	u
ũ	u~	nasal close back rounded vowel	sunto	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma