Korean (ko-KR)

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 Korean voice supported by Amazon Polly.

IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	강, [g]ang	k
k͈	k_t	strong voiceless velar plosive	깨, [kk]e	k
n	n	alveolar nasal	남, [n]am	t
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	도, [d]o	t
t͈	t_t	strong voiceless alveolar plosive	때, [tt]e	t
ɾ	4	alveolar flap	사랑, sa[r]ang	t
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	돌, do[l]	t
m	m	bilabial nasal	무, [m]u	p
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	봄, [b]om	p
p͈	p_t	strong voiceless bilabial plosive	뻘, [pp]eol	p
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	새, [s]e	s
s͈	s_t	strong voiceless alveolar fricative	씨, [ss]i	s
ŋ	N	velar nasal	방, ba[ng]	k
t͡ɕ	ts\	voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate	조, [j]o	J
t͈͡ɕ	ts\_t	strong voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate	찌, [jj]i	J
t͡ɕʰ	ts\_h	aspirated voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate	차, [ch]a	J
kʰ	k_h	aspirated voiceless velar plosive	코, [k]o	k
tʰ	t_h	aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive	통, [t]ong	t
pʰ	p_h	aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive	패, [p]e	p
h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	힘, [h]im	k
j	j	palatal approximant	양, [y]ang	i
w	w	labial-velar approximant	왕, [w]ang	u
ɰ	M\	velar approximant>	의, [wj]i	i
Vowels
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	밥, b[a]b	a
ʌ	V	open-mid back unrounded vowel	정, j[eo]ng	E
ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	배, b[e]	E
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	노, n[o]	o
u	u	close back rounded vowel	둘, d[u]l	u
ɯ	M	close back unrounded vowel	은, [eu]n	i
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	김, k[i]m	i