SAMPA chart for English
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| SAMPA: English Consonants | |
|---|---|
| SAMPA | Examples |
| p | pen, spin, tip |
| b | but, web |
| t | two, sting, bet |
| d | do, odd |
| tS | chair, nature, teach |
| dZ | gin, joy, edge |
| k | cat, kill, skin, queen, thick |
| g | go, get, beg |
| f | fool, enough, leaf |
| v | voice, have, of |
| T | thing, breath |
| 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, bell |
| r | run, very |
| w | we |
| j | yes |
| W | what (some accents, such as Scottish) |
| x | loch (Scottish) |
| SAMPA: English Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPA | Examples | ||
| RP | GenAm | AuE | |
| A: | A | a: | father |
| i: | i | i: | see |
| I | I | I | city |
| E | E | e | bed |
| 3: | 3` | 3: | bird |
| { | { | {[1] | lad, cat, ran |
| A: | Ar | a: | arm |
| V | V | a | run, enough |
| Q | A | O | not, wasp |
| O: | O or A[2] | o: | law, caught |
| U | U | U | put |
| u: | u | }: | soon, through |
| @ | @ | @ | about |
| @ | @` | @ | winner |
| SAMPA: English Diphthongs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPA | Examples | ||
| RP | GenAm | AuE | |
| eI | eI or e | {I | day |
| aI | aI | Ae | my |
| OI | OI | oI | boy |
| @U | oU or o | @} | 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 | |
- ^ See bad-lad split for more discussion of this vowel in Australian and English English.
- ^ See low back merger for more discussion of this vowel in North American English.