

# Welsh (cy-GB)
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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 Welsh voice supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

| IPA | X-SAMPA | Description | Example | Viseme | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
|  **Consonants**  | 
| b | b | voiced bilabial plosive | **b**aban | p | 
| d | d | voiced alveolar plosive | **d**eg | t | 
| d͡ʒ | dZ | voiced postalveolar affricate | gare**j** | S | 
| ð | D | voiced dental fricative | deu**dd**eg | T | 
| f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | **ff**acs | f | 
| g | g | voiced velar plosive | **g**adael | k | 
| h | h | voiceless glottal fricative | **h**aearn | k | 
| j | j | palatal approximant | astud**i**o | i | 
| k | k | voiceless velar plosive | **c**ant | k | 
| l | l | alveolar lateral approximant | **l**an | t | 
| ɬ | K | voiceless alveolar lateral fricative | **ll**an | t | 
| m | m | bilabial nasal | **m**ae | p | 
| m̥ | m\$10 | voiceless bilabial nasal | y**mh**en | p | 
| n | n | alveolar nasal | **n**aw | t | 
| n̥ | n\$10 | voiceless alveolar nasal | a**nh**awster | t | 
| ŋ | N | velar nasal | argyfw**ng** | k | 
| ŋ̊ | N\$10 | voiceless velar nasal | a**ng**henion | k | 
| p | p | voiceless bilabial plosive | **p**ump | p | 
| r | r | alveolar trill | **rh**oi | r | 
| r̥ | r\$10 | voiceless alveolar trill | ga**r**w | r | 
| s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | **s**aith | s | 
| ʃ | S | voiceless postalveolar fricative | **si**awns | S | 
| t | t | voiceless alveolar plosive | **t**egan | t | 
| t͡ʃ | tS | voiceless postalveolar affricate | cy**ts**ain | S | 
| θ | T | voiceless dental fricative | aber**th** | T | 
| v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | praw**f** | f | 
| w | w | labial-velar approximant | rhag**w**eld | u | 
| χ | X | voiceless uvular fricative | **ch**we**ch** | k | 
| z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | aid**s** | s | 
| ʒ | Z | voiced postalveolar fricative | rou**ge** | S | 
|  **Vowels**  | 
| ə | @ | mid central vowel | **y**chwaneg**a** | @ | 
| a | a | open front unrounded vowel | **a**cen | a | 
| ai | ai | diphthong | d**au** | a | 
| au | au | diphthong | **aw**dur | a | 
| ɑː | A: | long open back unrounded vowel | m**a**b | a | 
| ɑːɨ | A:1 | diphthong | **ae**lod | a | 
| e: | e: | long close-mid front unrounded vowel | p**e**th | e | 
| ɛ | E | open-mid front unrounded vowel | p**e**dwar | E | 
| ɛi | Ei | diphthong | b**ei**c | E | 
| i: | i: | long close front unrounded vowel | tr**i** | i | 
| ɪ | I | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | m**i**liwn | i | 
| ɨu | 1u | diphthong | unigr**yw** | i | 
| o: | o: | long close-mid back rounded vowel | **o**ddi | o | 
| ɔ | O | open-mid back rounded vowel | **o**ddieithr | O | 
| ɔi | Oi | diphthong | tr**oi** | O | 
| ɔu | Ou | diphthong | r**ow**nd | O | 
| u: | u: | long close back rounded vowel | c**w**ch | u | 
| ʊ | U | near-close near-back rounded vowel | ac**w**stig | u | 
| ʊi | Ui | diphthong | **wy**th | u | 
|  **Additional Symbols**  | 
| ˈ | " | primary stress | Ala**ba**ma |  | 
| ˌ | % | secondary stress | **A**labama |  | 
| . | . | syllable boundary | A.la.ba.ma |  | 