# Catalan (ca-ES)
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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 Catalan voice of Arlet that is supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

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  <tr><th>IPA</th><th>X-SAMPA</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th><th>Viseme</th></tr>
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  <tr><td colspan="5">**Consonants**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**loure</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**T**arragona</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**c**om</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**b**ata</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>en**d**oll</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**ros</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>voiced bilabial nasal </td><td>**m**anera</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>voiced alveolar nasal</td><td>do**n**ar</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>voiced palatal nasal</td><td>a**ny**</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>voiced velar nasal</td><td>pi**n**güí</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɫ</td><td>5</td><td>voiced velarized alveolar lateral approximant (dark l)</td><td>a**l**bercoc</td><td>l</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʎ</td><td>L</td><td>voiced palatal lateral approximant</td><td>**ll**op</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>r</td><td>r</td><td>voiced alveolar trill</td><td>pa**rr**a</td><td>r</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɾ</td><td>4</td><td>voiced alveolar tap</td><td>pa**r**a</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>èm**f**asi</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**ac</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>cal**z**es</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>gui**x**</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>col·le**g**i</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t͡ʃ  </td><td>tS</td><td>voiceless postalveolar affricate</td><td>co**tx**e</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d͡ʒ</td><td>dZ</td><td>voiced postalveolar affricate</td><td>pla**tj**a</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>β</td><td>B</td><td>voiced bilabial approximant</td><td>o**b**ert</td><td>B</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ð</td><td>D</td><td>voiced dental approximant</td><td>be**d**oll</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>voiced palatal approximant</td><td>no**i**a</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɣ</td><td>G</td><td>voiced velar approximant</td><td>pe**g**a</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>a**f**gà</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>voiced labiovelar approximant</td><td>aig**u**a</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>x</td><td>x</td><td>voiceless velar fricative</td><td>**J**iménez</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʝ</td><td>j\\</td><td>voiced palatal fricative</td><td>**y**eso</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>voiced alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>a**l**ondra</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>θ</td><td>T</td><td>voiceless dental fricative </td><td>Gon**z**ález</td><td>T</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open back vowel</td><td>c**a**sa</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>ll**e**nya</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>x**e**c</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>closed front unrounded vowel</td><td>v**i**sca</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>g**o**s</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>j**o**c</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>closed back rounded vowel</td><td>**u**n</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid-central vowel</td><td>cas**a**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Additional Symbols**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˈ</td><td>"</td><td>primary stress</td><td>Ala**ba**ma</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˌ</td><td>%</td><td>secondary stress</td><td>**A**labama</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>.</td><td>.</td><td>syllable boundary</td><td>A.la.ba.ma</td><td></td></tr>
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