# Norwegian (nb-NO)
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The following chart lists the full set of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes and the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols as well as the corresponding visemes as supported by Amazon Polly for Norwegian language voices.


| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| ɾ | 4 | alveolar flap | p**r**øv | t | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | la**bb** | p | 
| ç | C | voiceless palatal fricative | **k**ino | k | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | la**dd** | t | 
| ɖ | d` | voiced retroflex plosive | ve**rd**i | t | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**ot | f | 
| ɡ | ɡ | voiced velar plosive | ta**gg** | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**a | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **g**i | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | ta**kk** | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | fa**ll**, ba**ll** | t | 
| ɭ | l` | retroflex lateral approximant | æ**rl**ig | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | la**m** | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | va**nn** | t | 
| ɳ | n` | retroflex nasal | ga**rn** | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | sa**ng** | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | ho**pp** | p | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | la**ss** | s | 
| ʂ | s` | voiceless retroflex fricative | å**rs** | S | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **s**kyt | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | la**t** | t | 
| ʈ | t` | voiceless retroflex plosive | ha**rdt** | t | 
| ʋ | v\$1 | labiodental approximant | **v**in | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | **w**ill | x | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| øː | 2: | long close-mid front rounded vowel | s**ø**t | o | 
| œ | 9 | open-mid front rounded vowel | s**ø**tt | O | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | ap**e** | @ | 
| æː | \$1: | long near-open front unrounded vowel | v**æ**r | a | 
| ʉ | \$1 | close central rounded vowel | l**u**nd | u | 
| ʉː | \$1: | long close central rounded vowel | l**u**n | u | 
| æ | \$1 | near-open front unrounded vowel | v**æ**rt | a | 
| ɑ | A | open back unrounded vowel | h**a**tt | a | 
| ɑː | A: | long open back unrounded vowel | h**a**t | a | 
| e: | e: | long close-mid front unrounded vowel | s**e**n | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | s**e**nd | E | 
| i: | i: | long close front unrounded vowel | v**i**n | i | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | v**i**nd | i | 
| oː | oː | long close-mid back rounded vowel | v**å**t | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | v**å**tt | O | 
| u: | u: | long close back rounded vowel | b**o**k | u | 
| ʊ | U | near-close near-back rounded vowel | b**u**kk | u | 
| y: | y: | long close front rounded vowel | l**y**n | u | 
| ʏ | Y | near-close near-front rounded vowel | l**y**nne | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |