Finnish (fi-FI)

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 Finnish voice that is supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Finnish consonants
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	[p]ankki	p
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	[t]alo	t
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	[k]aali	k
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	[d]ata	t
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	[s]ali	s
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	[h]attu	k
ʋ	v\	voiced labiodental approximant	[v]aivaَ	v
j	j	palatal approximant	[j]oki	i
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	[l]oma	t
r	r	voiced alveolar trill	[r]iita	r
m	m	bilabial nasal	[m]ato	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	[n]enäa	t
ŋ	N	velar nasal	he[n]ki	k
Consonants found in loanwords
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	[b]ussi	p
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	[f]irma	v
w	w	labial-velar approximant	[w]iki	u
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	[z]ulu	s
g	g	voiced velar plosive	[g]aala	k
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	[sh]akki	S
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	[g]enre	S
θ	T	voiceless dental fricative	ear[th]	T
ð	D	voiced dental fricative	ei[th]er	T
Short vowels
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	k[i]lo	i
ɛ	E	open mid-front unrounded vowel	k[e]sä	E
æ	{	near open-front unrounded vowel	k[ä]ly	A
y	y	close front rounded vowel	k[y]lä	u
ø	2	close mid-front rounded vowel	p[ö]ly	O
u	u	close back rounded vowel	k[u]lo	u
ɔ	O	open mid-back rounded vowel	k[o]lo	O
ɑ	A	open back unrounded vowel	k[a]la	A
Long vowels
iː	iː	long close front unrounded vowel	s[ii]li	i
ɛː	E:	long open mid-front unrounded vowel	[ee]tu	E
æː	{:	long near open-front unrounded vowel	t[ää]llä	A
y:	y:	long close front unrounded vowel	t[yy]li	u
øː	2:	long close mid-front rounded vowel	t[öö]lö	O
u:	u:	long close back rounded vowel	t[uu]li	u
ɔː	O:	long open mid-back rounded vowel	r[oo]li	O
ɑː	A:	long open back unrounded vowel	k[aa]su	A
Dipthongs
ɛi	Ei	dipthong	l[ei]pä	E
æi	{i	dipthong	[äi]ti	A
ui	ui	dipthong	k[ui]n	u
ɑi	Ai	dipthong	k[ai]kki	A
ɔi	Oi	dipthong	p[oi]ka	O
øi	2i	dipthong	s[öi]n	O
yi	yi	dipthong	l[yi]jy	u
ɑu	Au	dipthong	s[au]na	A
ɔu	Ou	dipthong	k[ou]lu	O
ɛu	Eu	dipthong	r[eu]na	E
iu	iu	dipthong	v[iu]lu	i
æy	{y	dipthong	t[äy]nnä	A
øy	2y	dipthong	k[öy]hä	O
ɛy	Ey	dipthong	pes[ey]tyä	E
iy	iy	dipthong	käär[iy]tyä	i
iɛ	iE	dipthong	t[ie]	i
yø	y2	dipthong	[yö]	u
uɔ	uO	dipthong	t[uo]	u
Vowels found in English loanwords
ɪ	I	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	b[i]t	i
ʊ	U	near-close near-back rounded vowel	b[oo]k	u
ə	@	mid-central vowel	[a]bout	@
ʌ	V	open-mid-back unrounded vowel	c[u]t	E