X-SAMPA

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:IPA notice The Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C. Wells, professor of phonetics at University College London.<ref name="SAMPA-PDF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is designed to unify the individual language SAMPA alphabets, and extend SAMPA to cover the entire range of characters in the 1993 version of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The result is a SAMPA-inspired remapping of the IPA into 7-bit ASCII.

SAMPA was devised as a hack to work around the inability of text encodings to represent IPA symbols. Later, as Unicode support for IPA symbols became more widespread, the necessity for a separate, computer-readable system for representing the IPA in ASCII decreased. However, X-SAMPA is still useful as the basis for an input method for true IPA.

SummaryEdit

NotesEdit

  • The IPA symbols that are ordinary lower case letters have the same value in X-SAMPA as they do in the IPA.
  • X-SAMPA uses backslashes as modifying suffixes to create new symbols. For example, O is a distinct sound from O\, to which it bears no relation. Such use of the backslash character can be a problem, since many programs interpret it as an escape character for the character following it. For example, such X-SAMPA symbols do not work in EMU, so backslashes must be replaced with some other symbol (e.g., an asterisk: '*') when adding phonemic transcription to an EMU speech database. The backslash has no fixed meaning.
  • X-SAMPA diacritics follow the symbols they modify. Except for ~ for nasalization, = for syllabicity, and ` for retroflexion and rhotacization, diacritics are joined to the character with the underscore character _.
  • The underscore character is also used to encode the IPA tiebar: k_p codes for {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.
  • The numbers _1 to _6 are reserved diacritics as shorthand for language-specific tone numbers.
  • The IETF language tags registry has assigned <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">fonxsamp</syntaxhighlight> as the subtag for text transcribed in X-SAMPA.<ref name="IETF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Lower-case symbolsEdit

X-SAMPA IPA IPA image Description Examples
lang}} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0061.svg open front unrounded vowel lang}} {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
lang}} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0062.svg voiced bilabial plosive lang}}, French {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
b_< main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0253.svg voiced bilabial implosive main}} [b_<arU]
c main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0063.svg voiceless palatal plosive lang}} ["lQcQk]
d main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0064.svg voiced alveolar plosive lang}} [dwa]
d` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0256.svg voiced retroflex plosive lang}} [hu:d`]
d_< main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0257.svg voiced alveolar implosive main}} [d_<arU]
e main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0065.svg close-mid front unrounded vowel lang}} [ble]
f main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0066.svg voiceless labiodental fricative lang}} [fam]
g main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0261.svg voiced velar plosive lang}} [lO~g]
g_< main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0260.svg voiced velar implosive main}} [g_<@ro]
h main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0068.svg voiceless glottal fricative English house [haUs]
h\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0266.svg voiced glottal fricative lang}} [h\rat]
i main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0069.svg close front unrounded vowel lang}} [wi], Spanish {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [si]
j main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006A.svg palatal approximant lang}} [j2]
j\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x029D.svg voiced palatal fricative lang}} [j\a]
k main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006B.svg voiceless velar plosive lang}} ["karo]
l main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006C.svg alveolar lateral approximant lang}} [mal]
l` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026D.svg retroflex lateral approximant lang}} [so:l`]
l\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x027A.svg alveolar lateral flap lang}} [pM:l\MkM]
m main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006D.svg bilabial nasal lang}} [Om]
n main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006E.svg alveolar nasal lang}} [nO~]
n` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0273.svg retroflex nasal lang}} [h2:n`]
o main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x006F.svg close-mid back rounded vowel lang}} [vo]
p main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0070.svg voiceless bilabial plosive lang}} [poz], Spanish {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ["pero]
p\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0278.svg voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese Template:Transliteration [p\M_0kM]
q main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0071.svg voiceless uvular plosive Arabic Template:Transliteration ["qQs_Gba]
r main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0072.svg alveolar trill lang}} ["pero]
r` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x027D.svg retroflex flap Bengali Template:Transliteration [gar`i:]
r\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0279.svg alveolar approximant English red [r\Ed]
r\` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x027B.svg retroflex approximant lang}} ["v@r\`i]
s main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0073.svg voiceless alveolar fricative lang}} [sE"sjO~]
s` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0282.svg voiceless retroflex fricative lang}} [mas`]
s\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0255.svg voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative lang}} [s\v'ers`ts`]
t main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0074.svg voiceless alveolar plosive lang}} [Ra"te]
t` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0288.svg voiceless retroflex plosive lang}} [m2t`]
u main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0075.svg close back rounded vowel lang}} [su]
v main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0076.svg voiced labiodental fricative lang}} [vwa]
v\ (or P) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028B.svg labiodental approximant lang}} [v\Est]/[PEst]
w main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0077.svg labial-velar approximant lang}} [wi]
x main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0078.svg voiceless velar fricative lang}} [lOx] or [5Ox]; German {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; Spanish {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
x\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0267.svg voiceless palatal-velar fricative lang}} [x\A:l]
y main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0079.svg close front rounded vowel lang}} [ty] German {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ["y:b6]
z main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x007A.svg voiced alveolar fricative lang}} [a"zOt]
z` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0290.svg voiced retroflex fricative Mandarin Chinese Template:Transliteration [z`aN]
z\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0291.svg voiced alveolo-palatal fricative lang}} ["z\rEbak]

Upper-case symbolsEdit

X-SAMPA IPA IPA image Description Example
lang}} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0251.svg open back unrounded vowel English father ["fA:D@(r\)] (RP and Gen.Am.)
B main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x03B2.svg voiced bilabial fricative lang}} [la"Ba4]
B\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0299.svg bilabial trill Reminiscent of shivering ("brrr")
C main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x00E7.svg voiceless palatal fricative lang}} [IC], English human ["Cjum@n] (broad transcription uses [hj-])
D main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x00F0.svg voiced dental fricative English then [DEn]
E main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x025B.svg open-mid front unrounded vowel lang}} [mE:m], English met [mEt] (RP and Gen.Am.)
F main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0271.svg labiodental nasal English emphasis ["EFf@sIs] (spoken quickly, otherwise uses [Emf-])
G main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0263.svg voiced velar fricative lang}} [Go"nia]
G\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0262.svg voiced uvular plosive lang}} [niG\ivvik]
G\_< main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x029B.svg voiced uvular implosive main}} [G\_<a]
H main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0265.svg labial-palatal approximant lang}} [Hit]
H\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x029C.svg voiceless epiglottal fricative lang}} [mEH\]
I main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026A.svg near-close front unrounded vowel English kit [kIt]
I\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x1D7B.svg near-close central unrounded vowel (non-IPA) lang}} [rI\bA] 
J main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0272.svg palatal nasal lang}} ["aJo], English canyon ["k{J@n] (broad transcription uses [-nj-])
J\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x025F.svg voiced palatal plosive lang}} [EJ\]
J\_< main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0284.svg voiced palatal implosive main}} [J\_<aro]
K main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026C.svg voiceless alveolar lateral fricative lang}} [KaU]
K\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026E.svg voiced alveolar lateral fricative lang}} [tOK\O:]
L main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028E.svg palatal lateral approximant lang}} [fa"miLLa], Castilian: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [La"mar]
L\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x029F.svg velar lateral approximant lang}} [t6L\gudz\i]
M main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026F.svg close back unrounded vowel lang}} [M:ms\_hik_}]
M\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0270.svg velar approximant lang}} ["fweM\o]
N main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x014B.svg velar nasal English thing [TIN]
N\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0274.svg uvular nasal lang}} Template:Transliteration [saN\]
O main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0254.svg open-mid back rounded vowel American English off [O:f]
O\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0298.svg bilabial click  
P (or v\) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028B.svg labiodental approximant lang}} [PEst]/[v\Est], allophone of English phoneme /r\/
Q main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0252.svg open back rounded vowel RP lot [lQt]
R main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0281.svg voiced uvular fricative lang}} [RaIn]
R\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0280.svg uvular trill lang}} [R\wa]
S main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0283.svg voiceless postalveolar fricative English ship [SIp]
T main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x03B8.svg voiceless dental fricative English thin [TIn]
U main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028A.svg near-close back rounded vowel English foot [fUt]
U\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x1D7F.svg near-close central rounded vowel (non-IPA) English euphoria [jU\"fO@r\i@]
V main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028C.svg open-mid back unrounded vowel Scottish English strut [str\Vt]
W main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028D.svg voiceless labial-velar fricative lang}} [WEn]
X main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x03C7.svg voiceless uvular fricative main}} [sXa?q_wa?]
X\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0127.svg voiceless pharyngeal fricative lang}} Template:Transliteration [X\A:]
Y main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x028F.svg near-close front rounded vowel lang}} [hYpS]
Z main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0292.svg voiced postalveolar fricative English vision ["vIZ@n]

Other symbolsEdit

X-SAMPA IPA IPA image Description Example
. main}} File:Unicode 0x002E.svg syllable break  
" main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02C8.svg primary stress  
% main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02CC.svg secondary stress American English pronunciation [pr\@%nVn.si."eI.S@n]
' (or _j) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02B2.svg palatalized lang}} (Earth) [z'I"ml'a] or [z_jI"ml_ja]
: main}} File:Length sign.svg long  
:\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02D1.svg half long Estonian differentiates three vowel lengths
-   separator lang}} [t-S1] vs. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [tS1] (affricate)
@ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0259.svg schwa English arena [@"r\i:n@]
@\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0258.svg close-mid central unrounded vowel Chuvash пӗррехинче [p@\rrEXints\E]
@` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x025A.svg r-coloured schwa American English color ["kVl@`]
{ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x00E6.svg near-open front unrounded vowel English trap [tr\{p]
} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0289.svg close central rounded vowel lang}} [x\}:]; AuE/NZE boot [b}:t]
1 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0268.svg close central unrounded vowel lang}} [t1], American English roseTemplate:`s ["r\oUz1z]
2 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x00F8.svg close-mid front rounded vowel lang}} ["k2:b@], French {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [d2]
3 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x025C.svg open-mid central unrounded vowel English nurse [n3:s] (RP) or [n3`s] (Gen.Am.)
3\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x025E.svg open-mid central rounded vowel lang}} [t3\:l']
4 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x027E.svg alveolar flap lang}} ["pe4o], American English better ["bE4@`]
5 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x026B.svg velarized alveolar lateral approximant; also see _e lang}} ["5iv4u]
6 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0250.svg near-open central vowel lang}} ["bEs6], Australian English mud [m6d]
7 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0264.svg close-mid back unrounded vowel lang}} [k7ik], Vietnamese {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [m7_M]
8 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0275.svg close-mid central rounded vowel lang}} [b8s]
9 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0153.svg open-mid front rounded vowel lang}} [n9f], Danish {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} [dR9m@]
& main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0276.svg open front rounded vowel lang}} [x\&d`]
? main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0294.svg glottal stop Cockney English bottle ["bQ?o]
?\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0295.svg voiced pharyngeal fricative lang}} Template:Transliteration [?\Ajn]
*   undefined escape character, SAMPA's "conjunctor"  
/ main}} File:Unicode 0x002F.svg (a) French vowel archiphonemes or indeterminacies
(b) delimiter of phonemic transcriptions
lang}} /mE/zO~/
< main}} File:Unicode 0x27E8.svg begin nonsegmental notation, e.g., SAMPROSA<ref>For a summary of SAMPROSA, see {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

}}</ref> ||  

<\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02A2.svg voiced epiglottal fricative Siwi {{#invoke:IPA|main}} (four) [ar_?\b_?\@<\a]
> main}} File:Unicode 0x27E9.svg end nonsegmental notation  
>\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02A1.svg epiglottal plosive Archi гӀарз (complaint) [>\arz]
^ main}} File:Unicode 0xA71B.svg upstep  
! main}} File:Unicode 0xA71C.svg downstep  
!\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x01C3.svg postalveolar click Zulu {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (polecat) [i:!\a:!\a]
| main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x007C.svg minor (foot) group  
|\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x01C0 alt.svg dental click lang}} (earring) [i:|\i:|\i]
|| main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x2016.svg major (intonation) group  
|\|\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x01C1 alt.svg alveolar lateral click lang}} (to converse) [|\|\O:|\|\a]
=\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x01C2 alt.svg palatal click  
-\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x203F.svg linking mark  

DiacriticsEdit

X-SAMPA IPA IPA image Description
lang}} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0308.svg centralized
_+ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x031F.svg advanced
_- main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0320.svg retracted
_/ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x030C.svg rising tone
_0 main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0325.svg voiceless
_<   implosive (IPA uses separate symbols for implosives)
= (or _=) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0329.svg syllabic
_> main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02BC on ring.svg ejective
_?\ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02C1.svg pharyngealized
_\ (or _F) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0302.svg falling tone
_^ main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x032F.svg non-syllabic
_} main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x031A.svg no audible release
` main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02DE.svg rhotacization in vowels, retroflexion in consonants (IPA uses separate symbols for consonants, see t` for an example)
~ (or _~) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0303.svg nasalization
_A main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0318.svg advanced tongue root
_a main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x033A.svg apical
_B main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x030F.svg extra low tone
_B_L main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x1DC5.svg low rising tone
_c main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x031C.svg less rounded
_d main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x032A.svg dental
_e main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0334.svg velarized or pharyngealized; also see 5
<F> main}} File:IPA global decrease from Gentium ancora.svg global fall
_F (or _\) main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0302.svg falling tone
_G main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02E0.svg velarized
_H main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0301.svg high tone
_H_T main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x1DC4.svg high rising tone
_h main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02B0.svg aspirated
_j (or ') main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02B2.svg palatalized
_k main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0330.svg creaky voice
_L main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0300.svg low tone
_l main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02E1.svg lateral release
_M main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0304.svg mid tone
_m main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x033B.svg laminal
_N main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x033C.svg linguolabial
_n main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x207F.svg nasal release
_O main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0339.svg more rounded
_o main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x031E.svg lowered
_q main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0319.svg retracted tongue root
<R> main}} File:IPA global increase from Gentium ancora.svg global rise
_R main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x030C.svg rising tone
_R_F main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x1DC8.svg rising falling tone
_r main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x031D.svg raised
_T main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x030B.svg extra high tone
_t main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0324.svg breathy voice
_v main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x032C.svg voiced
_w main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x02B7.svg labialized
_X main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x0306.svg extra-short
_x main}} File:IPA Unicode 0x033D.svg mid-centralized

ChartsEdit

ConsonantsEdit

Consonants (pulmonic)
Place of articulation Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
Manner of articulation Bilabial Labio‐
dental
Dental Alveolar Post‐
alveolar
Retro‐
flex
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn‐
geal
Epi‐
glottal
Glottal
Nasal    m    F    n    n`    J    N    N\
Plosive p b p_d b_d t d t` d` c J\ k g q G\ >\ ?
Fricative p\ B f v T D s z S Z s` z` C j\ x G X R X\ ?\ H\ <\ h h\
Approximant    B_o    v\    r\    r\`    j    M\
Trill    B\    r    *    R\    *
Tap or Flap    *    *    4    r`    *
Lateral Fricative K K\ *    *    *   
Lateral Approximant    l    l`    L    L\
Lateral Flap    l\    *    *    *
  • Asterisks (*) mark sounds that do not have X-SAMPA symbols. Daggers (†) mark IPA symbols that have recently been added to Unicode. Since April 2008, the latter is the case of the labiodental flap, symbolized by a right-hook v in the IPA: File:Unicode 0x0475.svg. A convention for the labiodental flap does not yet exist in X-SAMPA.
Coarticulated
W Voiceless labialized velar approximant
w Voiced labialized velar approximant
H Voiced labialized palatal approximant
s\ Voiceless palatalized postalveolar (alveolo-palatal) fricative
z\ Voiced palatalized postalveolar (alveolo-palatal) fricative
x\ Voiceless "palatal-velar" fricative
Affricates and double articulation
ts voiceless alveolar affricate
dz voiced alveolar affricate
tS voiceless postalveolar affricate
dZ voiced postalveolar affricate
ts\ voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
dz\ voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
tK voiceless alveolar lateral affricate
dK\ voiced alveolar lateral affricate
kp voiceless labial-velar plosive
gb voiced labial-velar plosive
Nm labial-velar nasal stop
Consonants (non-pulmonic)
Clicks Implosives Ejectives
O\ Bilabial b_< Bilabial _> For example:
|\ Laminal alveolar ("dental") d_< Alveolar p_> Bilabial
!\ Apical (post-) alveolar ("retroflex") J\_< Palatal t_> Alveolar
=\ Laminal postalveolar ("palatal") g_< Velar k_> Velar
|\|\ Lateral coronal ("lateral") G\_< Uvular s_> Alveolar fricative

VowelsEdit

Front Central Back
Close
File:Blank vowel trapezoid.svg
i • y
1 • }
M • u
I • Y
I\ • U\
• U
e • 2
@\ • 8
7 • o
e_o • 2_o
@
• o_o
E • 9
3 • 3\
V • O
{ •
6
a • &
A • Q
Near‑close
Close‑mid
Mid
Open‑mid
Near‑open
Open

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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