The following show the typical symbols for consonants and vowels used in SAMPA, an ASCII-based system based on the

International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic transcription, phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standa ...

. Note that SAMPA is not a universal system as it varies from language to language.

Consonants

Consonant modifiers

Simplified list of consonants

Vowels

, close back unrounded vowel, M • u , - style="background: #eef; " ! style="text-align: right;", near-close , I • Y , style="background: #ccf;", , style="background: #ccf; text-align: right;" , • U , - style="background: #ddf; " ! style="text-align: right;",

close-mid A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned one th ...

, e • 2 , @\ • 8 , 7 • o , - style="background: #eef; " ! align="right" style="padding-right: 3px;", mid , style="background: #ccf;", , style="background: #ccf;", @ , style="background: #ccf;", , - style="background: #ddf; " ! style="text-align: right;",

open-mid An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned one third ...

, E • 9 , 3 • 3\ , V • O , - style="background: #eef; " ! style="text-align: right;", near-open , style="background: #ccf; text-align: left;" ,

 near-open front unrounded vowel, 

  Vowel modifiers 




 Simplified list of vowels



 External links


SAMPA computer readable phonetic alphabet

 See also

* SAMPA chart for English
* X-SAMPA

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