# Swedish (sv-SE)
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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 Swedish voice supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**il | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**al | t | 
| ɖ | d` | voiced retroflex plosive | bo**rd** | t | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **f**il | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**ås | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**al | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | **j**ag | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **k**al | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**ös | t | 
| ɭ | l` | retroflex lateral approximant | hä**rl**ig | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**il | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**ålar | t | 
| ɳ | n` | retroflex nasal | ba**rn** | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | ri**ng** | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**il | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | **r**is | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**il | s | 
| ɕ | s\$1 | voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative | **tj**ock | J | 
| ʂ | s` | voiceless retroflex fricative | fo**rs**, **sch**lager | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**al | t | 
| ʈ | t` | voiceless retroflex plosive | hjo**rt** | t | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | **v**år | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | a**u**la, air**w**ays | u | 
| ɧ | x\$1 | voiceless palatal-velar fricative | **sj**uk | k | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| ø | 2 | close-mid front rounded vowel | f**ö**ll, f**ö**rr | o | 
| ø | 2: | long close-mid front rounded vowel | f**ö**l, n**ö**t, f**ö**r | o | 
| ɵ | 8 | close-mid central rounded vowel | b**u**ss, f**u**ll | o | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | pojk**e**n | @ | 
| ʉː | \$1: | long close central rounded vowel | h**u**s, f**u**l | u | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | h**a**ll, m**a**tt | a | 
| æ | \$1 | near-open front unrounded vowel | h**e**rr | a | 
| ɑː | A: | long open back unrounded vowel | h**a**l, m**a**t | a | 
| e: | e: | long close-mid front unrounded vowel | v**e**t, h**e**l | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | v**e**tt, r**ä**tt, h**e**tta, h**ä**ll | E | 
| ɛː | E: | long open-mid front unrounded vowel | s**ä**l, h**ä**l, h**ä**r | E: | 
| i: | i: | long close front unrounded vowel | v**i**t, s**i**l | i: | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | v**i**tt, s**i**ll | i | 
| o: | o: | long close-mid back rounded vowel | h**å**l, m**å**l | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | h**å**ll, m**o**ll | O | 
| u: | u: | long close back rounded vowel | s**o**l, b**o**t | u | 
| ʊ | U | near-close near-back rounded vowel | b**o**tt | u | 
| y | y | close front rounded vowel | b**y**tt | u | 
| y: | y: | long close front rounded vowel | s**y**l, s**y**l | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  |