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.

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0\n|colspan=2| SAMPA: English Consonants\n|-\n!width="20%"| SAMPA !! Examples\n|-\n! p\n| English pen\n|-\n! b\n| English but\n|-\n! t\n| English two\n|-\n! d\n| English do\n|-\n! tS\n| English chair, nature\n|-\n! dZ\n| English gin, joy\n|-\n! k\n| English cat, kill, queen\n|-\n! g\n| English go, get\n|-\n! f\n| English fool, enough\n|-\n! v\n| English voice\n|-\n! T\n| English thing\n|-\n! D\n| English this\n|-\n! s\n| English see, pass, city\n|-\n! z\n| English zoo, roses\n|-\n! S\n| English she, sure, emotion \n|-\n! Z\n| English pleasure \n|-\n! h\n| English ham\n|-\n! m\n| English man\n|-\n! n\n| English no\n|-\n! J\n| English canyon\n|-\n! N\n| English singer, ring\n|-\n! l\n| English left \n|-\n! 5\n| English milk (dark l)\n|-\n! r\n| English run, very\n|-\n! 4\n| US English better\n|-\n! w\n| English we\n|-\n! j\n| English yes\n|-\n! ?\n| Cockney bottle\n|}

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0\n! colspan=4| SAMPA: English Vowels\n|-\n! colspan=3| SAMPA !! Examples\n|-\n! RP !! US !! AU !!  \n|-\n! A: !! A !! A\n| father\n|-\n! i: !! i !! i\n| see\n|-\n! I !! I !! I\n| city\n|-\n! E !! E !! E\n| bed\n|-\n! 3: !! 3` !! 3\n| bird\n|-\n! { !! { !! {\n| bad, cat\n|-\n! A: !! Ar !! A:\n| arm\n|-\n! V !! V2 !! V\n| run, enough\n|-\n! Q !! A !! Q\n| not, cough\n|-\n! O: !! O !! O\n| law, caught\n|-\n! U !! U !! U\n| put\n|-\n! u: !! u !! u\n| soon, through\n|-\n! @ !! @1 !! @\n| about\n|}\n{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0\n! colspan=4| SAMPA: English Diphthongs\n|-\n! colspan=3| SAMPA !! Examples\n|-\n! RP !! US !! AU !!  \n|-\n! eI !! e(I) !! eI\n| day\n|-\n! aI !! aI !! aI\n| my\n|-\n! OI !! oI !! OI\n| boy\n|-\n! @U !! o(U) !! oU\n| no\n|-\n! aU !! aU !! aU\n| now\n|-\n! I@ !! ir !! I@\n| near, here\n|-\n! e@ !! er !! E@\n| hair, there\n|-\n! U@ !! ur !! U@\n| tour\n|-\n! ju: !! ju !! ju\n| pupil\n|} \nNote that the parentheses indicate optionality; the SAMPA code does not actually contain parentheses. US winner might be pronounced /wIn@r/ (Gen.Am.), /wIn@/ (non-rhotic Southern), or /wIn6/ (New England).\n# Realization may occasionally be /@/.\n \n

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0\n! colspan=3| SAMPA: Other symbols used in transcription of English pronunciation\n|-\n! SAMPA !! Explanation\n|-\n! "\n| Primary stress\n|-\n! %\n| Secondary stress\n|-\n! .\n| Syllable separator\n|-\n! =\n| Syllabic consonant, e.g., /"kI(t)=n/ for kitten\n|} \n