Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet chart for English

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SAMPA: English Consonants
SAMPA	Examples	IPA
p	pen, spin, tip	p
b	but, web	b
t	two, sting, bet	t
d	do, odd	d
tS	chair, nature, teach	tʃ
dZ	gin, joy, edge	dʒ
k	cat, kill, skin, queen, thick	k
g	go, get, beg	ɡ
f	fool, enough, leaf	f
v	voice, have, of	v
T	thing, breath	θ
D	this, breathe	ð
s	see, city, pass	s
z	zoo, rose	z
S	she, sure, emotion, leash	ʃ
Z	pleasure, beige	ʒ
h	ham	h
m	man, ham	m
n	no, tin	n
N	singer, ring	ŋ
l	left, bell	l
r	run, very	ɹ
w	we	w
j	yes	j
W	what (some accents, such as Scottish)	ʍ
x	loch (Scottish)	x

SAMPA: English Vowels
SAMPA			Examples	IPA
RP	GenAm	AuE		RP	GenAm	AuE
A:	A	a:	father	ɑː	ɑ	aː
i:	i	i:	see	iː	i	iː
I	I	I	city	ɪ	ɪ	ɪ
E	E	e	bed	ɛ	ɛ	e
3:	3`	3:	bird	ɜː	ɝ	ɜː
{	{	{	lad, cat, ran	æ	æ	æ
A:	Ar	a:	arm	ɑː	ɑɹ	aː
V	V	a	run, enough	ʌ	ʌ	a
Q	A	O	not, wasp	ɒ	ɑ	ɔ
O:	O or A	o:	law, caught	ɔː	ɔ or ɑ	ɑ
U	U	U	put	ʊ	ʊ	ʊ
u:	u	}:	soon, through	uː	u	ʉː
@	@	@	about	ə	ə	ə
@	@`	@	winner	ə	ɚ	ə

SAMPA: English Diphthongs
SAMPA			Examples	IPA
RP	GenAm	AuE		RP	GenAm	AuE
eI	eI or e	{I	day	eɪ	eɪ or e	æɪ
aI	aI	Ae	my	aɪ	aɪ	ɑe
OI	OI	oI	boy	ɔɪ	ɔɪ	oɪ
@U	oU or o	@}	no	əʊ	oʊ or o	əʉ
aU	aU	{O	now	aʊ	aʊ	æɔ
I@	ir	I@	near, here	ɪə	iɹ	ɪə
E@	er	e:	hair, there	ɛə	eɹ	eː
U@	Ur	U@	tour	ʊə	ʊɹ	ʊə
ju:	ju	j}:	pupil	juː	ju	jʉː

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 also

• International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects
• X-SAMPA