SAMPA: simplified chart of
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SAMPA: simplified list of | |||
SAMPA | IPA | Description | Examples |
p | p | voiceless bilabial stop | English pen |
b | b | voiced bilabial stop | English but |
t | t | voiceless alveolar stop | English two |
d | d | voiced alveolar stop | English do |
tS | t + (long s?) | voiceless postalveolar affricate | English chair, picture, Spanish mucho, Italian cena, German Deutsche |
dZ | d + (z with tail?) | voiced postalveolar affricate | English gin, joy, Italiangiorno |
c | c | voiceless palatal stop | Greek [ce] 'and' |
(stroked j?) | overstroked j, |
voiced palatal stop | ?? |
k | k | voiceless velar stop | English cat, kill, queen |
g | g | voiced velar stop | English go, get |
q | q | voiceless uvular stop | Arabic qof |
(phi ?) | Greek phi | voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese fu |
B | Greek beta | voiced bilabial fricative | Spanish cabo, calvo |
f | f | voiceless labiodental fricative | English fool, enough |
v | v | voiced labiodental fricative | English voice, German Welt |
T | Greek theta | voiceless dental fricative | English thing, Castilian Spanish caza |
D | Icelandic eth ð, or Greek delta | voiced dental fricative | English this, Spanish cada |
s | s | voiceless alveolar fricative | English see, pass,
city, Spanish sí, German Gross |
z | z | voiced alveolar fricative | English zoo, roses, German See |
S | (long s?) | voiceless postalveolar fricative | English she, sure, emotion, French chemin, Italian scendo |
Z | (z with tail?) | voiced postalveolar fricative | French jour, English pleasure |
C | cedilla, ç | voiceless palatal fricative | German Ich, Greek [Ceri] 'hand', some English pronunciations of human |
x | x | voiceless velar fricative | Scots loch, Spanish ajo, German Buch |
G | Greek gamma | voiced velar fricative | Spanish algo |
h | h | voiceless uvular fricative | English ham, German Hand |
h\ | h with upper tail to the right | voiced uvular fricative | Some English pronunciations of aha |
m | m | bilabial nasal | English man |
F | m with downward right tail | labiodental nasal | Spanish infierno |
n | n | alveolar nasal | English no |
J | n with downward left tail | palatal nasal | US English canyon, Spanish
año, French oignion, Italian gnocchi, Hungarian anyu |
N | n with downward right tail | velar nasal | English singer, ring |
l | l | alveolar lateral | English left |
L | turned down y | palatal lateral | Italian aglio, Catalan colla |
(dark l?) | small capital L | velar lateral | English milk (dark l), Catalan alga |
r | r without seriff | alveolar flap | US English better, Spanish pero |
rr | r with seriff | alveolar trill | Spanish perro, rey |
(retroflex r?) | r with downward tail to the left | retroflex alveolar flap | English run, very |
R | small capital R | uvular trill | French rue, standard German Reich |
w | w | rounded back semivowel | English we, Frech oui, Spanish hueso |
H | turned down h | rounded front semivowel | French huit |
j | j | unrounded front semivowel | English yes, Frech yeux, German ja |
SAMPA: simplified chart of
vowels
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Vowel modifiers:
- [ ~ ] after a vowel indicates that
it is nasalised (e.g. French bon [bO~] ).
- [ : ] after a vowel indicates that
it is lengthened (e.g. Japanese shōshō [So:So:], English see [si:] ).
SAMPA: simplified list of | |||
SAMPA | IPA | Description | Examples |
i | i | front closed unrounded vowel | English see, Spanish sí, French vite, German mieten |
I | small capital I | front closed unrounded vowel, but somewhat more centralised and relaxed | English city, German mit |
e | e | front half closed unrounded vowel | US English bear, Spanish él,
French année, German mehr, Italian rete, Catalan més |
E | Greek epsilon | front half open unrounded vowel | English bed,
French même, German Herr, Italian ferro, Catalan mes |
3 | Greek epsilon mirrored to the left | front half open unrounded vowel, but somewhat more centralised and relaxed | English bird |
{ | ae ligature, æ | front open unrounded vowel | English cat |
y | y | front closed rounded vowel | French du, German Tür |
2 | slashed o, ø | front half closed rounded vowel | French deux (hence '2'), German Höhle |
9 | oe ligature, œ | front half open rounded vowel | French neuf (hence '9'), German Hölle |
& | small capital OE ligature, Œ | front open rounded vowel | ?? |
1 | overstroked i, |
central closed unrounded vowel | Russian [m1s] 'mouse' |
@ | turned down e, schwa | central neutral unrounded vowel | English about, winner,
German bitte |
a | a | central open vowel | Spanish da, French bateau, lac, German Haar |
} | overstroked u, |
central closed rounded vowel | Swedish sju |
(stroked o?) | overstroked o, |
central neutral rounded vowel | ?? |
u | u | back closed rounded vowel | English soon, Spanish tú, French goût, German Hut |
U | turned down small capital Greek omega | front closed rounded vowel somewhat more centralised and relaxed | English put, German Mutter |
o | o | back half closed rounded vowel | US English sore,
Spanish yo, French beau, German Sohle, Italian dove, Catalan ona |
O | c mirrored to the left | back half open rounded vowel | English law, caught,
Italian uomo, Catalan dona |
Q | 'b' with no upper tail | back open rounded vowel | English not, cough, German Toll |
(upside-down m?) | upside-down m | back closed unrounded vowel | (?) Vietnamese &x01B0; (?) Korean &xC73C; |
(squeezed gamma?) | squeezed Greek gamma | back half closed unrounded vowel | (?) Vietnamese &x01A1; (?) Korean &xC5B4; |
V | turned down v | back half open unrounded vowel | English run, enough |
A | 'd' with no upper tail | back open unrounded vowel | English arm, US English law, standard French âme |
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