Sampa Chart For English

A concise version of SAMPA for English sounds See a more complete SAMPA chart of sounds found in most of European languages.
colspan=2| SAMPA: English Consonants
idth="20%"| SAMPA !! Examples
p English 'p'en
b English 'b'ut
t English 't'wo
d English 'd'o
tS English 'chair, nat'ure
dZ English 'gin, j'oy
k English 'cat, kill, q'ueen
g English 'go, g'et
f English 'fool, enough'
v English 'v'oice
T English 'th'ing
D English 'th'is
s English 'see, pass , c'ity
z English 'zoo, ros'es
S English 'she, sure, emoti'on
Z English plea's'ure
h English 'h'am
m English 'm'an
n English 'n'o
J English ca'ny'on
N English si'nger, ring'
l English 'l'eft
5 English mi'l'k (dark l)
r English 'run, ver'y
4 US English be'tt'er
w English 'w'e
j English 'y'es
? Cockney bo'tt'le
colspan=4| SAMPA: English Vowels
colspan=3| SAMPA !! Examples
RP !! US !! AU !!  
A: !! A !! a f'a'ther
i: !! i !! i s'ee'
I !! I !! I c'i'ty
E !! E !! E b'e'd
3: !! 3` !! 3 b'ir'd
{ !! { !! { b'ad, ca't
A: !! Ar !! a: 'ar'm
V !! V2 !! V r'un, enou'gh
Q !! A !! Q n'ot, cou'gh
O: !! O !! O l'aw , cau'ght
U !! U !! U p'u't
u: !! u !! u s'oon, throu'gh
@ !! @1 !! @ 'a'bout
colspan=4| SAMPA: English Diphthongs
colspan=3| SAMPA !! Examples
RP !! US !! AU !!  
eI !! e(I) !! eI d'ay'
aI !! aI !! aI m'y'
OI !! oI !! OI b'oy'
@U !! o(U) !! oU n'o'
aU !! aU !! aU n'ow'
I@ !! ir !! I@ n'ear , here'
e@ !! er !! E@ h'air, there'
U@ !! ur !! U@ t'our'
ju: !! ju !! ju p'u'pil
Note that the parentheses indicate optionality; the SAMPA code does not actually contain parentheses.
  1. US winner might be pronounced /wIn@r/ (Gen.Am.), /wIn@/ (non-rhotic Southern US), or /wIn6/ (New England, US region).
  2. Realization may occasionally be /@/.
colspan=3| SAMPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation
SAMPA !! Explanation
" Primary stress
% Secondary stress
. Syllable separator
= Syllabic consonant, e.g., /"kI(t)n=/ for kitt'en'

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