French (Canadian) (fr-CA)

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 French Canadian voice supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	boire	p
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	madame	t
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	femme	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	grand	k
ɥ	H	labial-palatal approximant	bruit	u
j	j	palatal approximant	meilleur	i
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	quatre	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	malade	t
m	m	bilabial nasal	maison	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	astronome	t
ɲ	J	palatal nasal	baigner	J
ŋ	N	velar nasal	parking	k
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pomme	p
ʁ	R	voiced uvular fricative	amoureux	k
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	santé	s
ʃ	S	voiceless postalveolar fricative	chat	S
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	téléphone	t
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	vrai	f
w	w	labial-velar approximant	soir	u
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	raison	s
ʒ	Z	voiced postalveolar fricative	aubergine	S
Vowels
ø	2	close-mid front rounded vowel	deux	o
œ	9	open-mid front rounded vowel	neuf	O
œ̃	9~	nasal open-mid front rounded vowel	brun	O
ə	@	mid central vowel	je	@
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	table	a
ɑ̃	A~	nasal open back unrounded vowel	camembert	a
e	e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	marché	e
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	neige	E
ɛ̃	E~	nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel	sapin	E
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	mille	i
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	hôpital	o
ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	homme	O
ɔ̃	O~	nasal open-mid back rounded vowel	bon	O
u	u	close back rounded vowel	sous	u
y	y	close front rounded vowel	dur	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma