SAMPA chart for English

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A concise version of SAMPA for English sounds

See a more complete SAMPA chart of sounds found in most of European languages.

SAMPA: English Consonants SAMPA Examples p English pen b English but t English two d English do tS English chair, picture dZ English gin, joy k English cat, kill, queen g English go, get f English fool, enough v English voice T English thing D English this s English see, pass, city z English zoo, roses S English she, sure, emotion Z English pleasure h English ham m English man n English no J US English canyon N English singer, ring l English left 5 English milk (dark l) r English run, very 4 US English better w English we j English yes ? UK English network

SAMPA: English Vowels SAMPA Examples RP US AU   A: A A father i: i i see I I I city E E E bed 3: 3` 3 bird { { { bad, cat A: Ar A: arm V V V run, enough Q A Q not, cough O: O O law, caught U U U put u: u u soon, through @ @ @ about, winner (US winner) SAMPA: English diphthongs SAMPA Examples RP US AU   eI e(I) eI day aI aI aI my OI OI OI boy @U o(U) oU no aU aU aU now I@ ir I@ near, here e@ er E@ hair, there U@ Ur U@ tour O@ Or O more ju: ju ju pupil Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the SAMPA code does not actually contain parentheses.

SAMPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
SAMPA	Explanation
"	Primary stress
%	Secondary stress
.	Syllable separator
=	Syllabic consonant, e.g., /"kIt=n/ for kitten

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "SAMPA_chart_for_English" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMPA_chart_for_English, used under the GNU Free Documentation License