Spanish (es-ES)

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 Spanish voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.

Phoneme/Viseme Table

IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Example	Viseme
Consonants
ɾ	4	alveolar flap	pero, bravo, amor, eterno	t
b	b	voiced bilabial plosive	bestia	p
β	B	voiced bilabial fricative	bebé	B
d	d	voiced alveolar plosive	cuando	t
ð	D	voiced dental fricative	arder	T
f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	fase, café	f
g	g	voiced velar plosive	gato, lengua, guerra	k
ɣ	G	voiced velar fricative	trigo, Argos	k
j	j	palatal approximant	hacia, tierra, radio, viuda	i
ʝ	j\	voiced palatal fricative	enhielar, sayo, inyectado, desyerba	J
k	k	voiceless velar plosive	caña, laca, quisimos	k
l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	lino, calor, principal	t
ʎ	L	palatal lateral approximant	llave, pollo	J
m	m	bilabial nasal	madre, comer, anfibio	p
n	n	alveolar nasal	nido, anillo, sin	t
ɲ	J	palatal nasal	cabaña, ñoquis	J
ŋ	N	velar nasal	cinco, venga	k
p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	pozo, topo	p
r	r	alveolar trill	perro, enrachado	r
s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	saco, casa, puertas	s
t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	tamiz, átomo	t
t͡ʃ	tS	voiceless postalveolar affricate	chubasco	S
θ	T	voiceless dental fricative	cereza, zorro, lacero, paz	T
w	w	labial-velar approximant	fuego, fuimos, cuota, cuadro	u
x	x	voiceless velar fricative	jamón, general, suje, reloj	k
z	z	voiced alveolar fricative	rasgo, mismo	s
Vowels
a	a	open front unrounded vowel	tanque	a
e	e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	peso	e
i	i	close front unrounded vowel	cinco	i
o	o	close-mid back rounded vowel	bosque	o
u	u	close-mid front unrounded vowel	publicar	u
Additional Symbols
ˈ	"	primary stress	Alabama
ˌ	%	secondary stress	Alabama
.	.	syllable boundary	A.la.ba.ma