# Romanian (ro-RO)
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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 Romanian voice supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**ubă | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**upă | t | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | **ge**orge | S | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | a**f**acere | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | a**g**riș | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**arpă | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | ba**i**e | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**oș | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**ampa | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**ama | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**or | t | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**ilă | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | **r**ampă | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**oare | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | ma**ș**ină | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**ata | t | 
| t͡s | ts | voiceless alveolar affricate | **ț**ară | s | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | **ce**ai | S | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**iață | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | bea**u** | u | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | mo**z**ol | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | **j**oacă | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | bab**ă** | @ | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | c**a**sa | a | 
| e | e | close-mid front unrounded vowel | **e**lan | e | 
| e̯ | e\$1^ | non-syllabic close-mid front unrounded vowel | b**e**au | e | 
| i | i | close front unrounded vowel | m**i**e | i | 
| o | o | close-mid back rounded vo | **o**ră | o | 
| oa | o\$1^a | diphthong | **oa**re | o | 
| u | u | close back rounded vowel | **u**nde | u | 
| ɨ | 1 | close central unrounded vowel | Rom**â**nia | i | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |