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 fromO\
, 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
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lower-case symbolsEdit
Upper-case symbolsEdit
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
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
See alsoEdit
- Comparison of ASCII encodings of the International Phonetic Alphabet
- List of phonetics topics
- SAMPA, a language-specific predecessor of X-SAMPA
- SAMPA chart for English
ReferencesEdit
<references />
External linksEdit
- Computer-coding the IPA: A proposed extension of SAMPA
- X-SAMPA to IPA to CXS converter
- Web-based translator for X-SAMPA documents. Produces Unicode text, XML text, PostScript, PDF, or LaTeX TIPA.
- Z-SAMPA, a backward-compatible extension of X-SAMPA sometimes used for conlangs