Icelandic (is-IS)

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 Icelandic voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	grasbakkanum	0
c	c	voiceless palatal plosive	pakkin	k
cʰ	c_h	aspirated voiceless palatal plosive	anarkistai	k
ç	C	voiceless palatal fricative	héðan	k
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	bóndi	t
ð	D	voiced dental fricative	borð	T
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	duft	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	holgóma	k
ɣ	G	voiced velar fricative	hugur	k
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	heili	k
j	j	palatal approximant	jökull	i
kʰ	k_h	aspirated voiceless velar plosive	ósköpunum	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	gólf	t
l̥	l_0	voiceless alveolar lateral approximant	fólk	t
m	m	bilabial nasal	september	p
m̥	m_0	voiceless bilabial nasal	kompa	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	númer	t
n̥	n_0	voiceless alveolar nasal	pöntun	t
ɲ	J	palatal nasal	pælingar	J
ŋ	N	velar nasal	söngvarann	k
ŋ̊	N_0	voiceless velar nasal	frænka	k
pʰ	p_h	aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive	afplánun	p
r	r	alveolar trill	afskrifta	r
r̥	r_0	voiceless alveolar trill	andvörpum	r
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	baðhús	s
tʰ	t_h	aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive	tanki	t
θ	T	voiceless dental fricative	þeldökki	T
v	v	voiced labiodental fricative	silfur	f
w	w	labial-velar approximant		u
x	x	voiceless velar fricative	samfélags	k
Vowels
œ	9	open-mid front rounded vowel	þröskuldinum	O
œː	9:	long open-mid front rounded vowel	tvö	O
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	nefna	a
a:	a:	long open front unrounded vowel	fara	a
au	au	diphthong	átta	a
au:	au:	diphthong	átján	a
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	kennari	E
ɛ:	E:	long open-mid front unrounded vowel	dreka	E
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	Gúlíver	i
i:	i:	long close front unrounded vowel	þrír	i
ɪ	I	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	samspil	i
ɪ:	I:	long near-close near-front unrounded vowel	stig	i
ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	regndropar	O
ɔ:	O:	long open-mid back rounded vowel	ullarbolur	O
ɔu	Ou	diphthong	tólf	O
ɔu:	Ou:	diphthong	fjórir	O
u	u	close back rounded vowel	stúlkan	u
u:	u:	long close back rounded vowel	frú	u
ʏ	Y	near-close near-front rounded vowel	tíu	u
ʏ:	Y	long near-close near-front rounded vowel	gruninn	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma