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Encyclopedia > SAMPA chart for English

This is a concise version of SAMPA for MUTHER FUCKING English sounds. The Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters, based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


See a more complete SAMPA chart of sounds found in most of European languages. Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the SAMPA code does not actually contain parentheses. SAMPA charts of consonants and vowels See a concise version of SAMPA for English sounds. ...

SAMPA: English Consonants
SAMPA Examples
p pen, tip
b but, web
t two, bet
d do, odd
tS chair, nature, teach
dZ gin, joy, edge
k cat, kill, queen, thick
g go, get, beg
f fool, enough, leaf
v voice, have
T thing, with
D this, breathe
s see, city , pass
z zoo, rose
S she, sure, emotion, leash
Z pleasure, beige
h ham
m man, ham
n no, tin
N singer, ring
l left
5 milk, bell (dark l)
r run, very
4 better (US)
w we
j yes
? bottle (Cockney), kitten (US)
W what (Scottish)
x loch (Scottish)
SAMPA: English Vowels
SAMPA Examples
RP US AU  
A: A 6: father
i: i i: see
I I I city
E E e bed
3: 3` 3: bird
{ { { lad, cat
A: Ar 6: arm
V V (or @) 6 run, enough
Q A O not, wasp
O: O o: law, caught
U U U put
u: u }: soon, through
@ @ @ about
@ @` @ winner
SAMPA: English Diphthongs
SAMPA Examples
RP US AU  
eI e(I) {I day
aI aI Ae my
OI OI OI boy
@U o(U) @} no
aU aU {O now
I@ ir I@ near, here
E@ Er e: hair, there
U@ Ur U@ tour
ju: ju j}: pupil
SAMPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
SAMPA Explanation
" Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), for example "happy" /"h{pi/
% Secondary stress, for example "battleship" /"b{tl=%SIp/
. Syllable separator
= Syllabic consonant, for example /"rIdn=/ for ridden

A consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture sufficient to cause audible turbulence, at one or more points along the vocal tract. ... The velarized alveolar lateral approximant (also called dark l) is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. ... Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the educated spoken English of southeastern England. According to the Fowlers Modern English Usage (1965), the term is the Received Pronunciation. RP speech is non-rhotic, meaning that written r is pronounced only if... American English or U.S. English is the diverse form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... Australian English is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... In phonetics, a diphthong (Greek δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally with two sounds) is a vowel combination usually involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another, often interpreted by listeners as a single vowel sound or phoneme. ... Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the educated spoken English of southeastern England. According to the Fowlers Modern English Usage (1965), the term is the Received Pronunciation. RP speech is non-rhotic, meaning that written r is pronounced only if... American English or U.S. English is the diverse form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... Australian English is the form of the English language used in Australia. ... This article discusses the unit of speech. ...

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SAMPA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (332 words)
Like IPA, SAMPA is usually enclosed in square brackets or slashes, which are not part of the alphabet proper and merely signify that it is phonetic as opposed to regular text.
The result of this problem is that SAMPA cannot be used as an ASCII representation of the general IPA alphabet.
SAMPA was devised as a hack to work around the inability of text encodings to represent IPA symbols.
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