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  IPA into SAMPA   SAMPA is a system for transcribing the IPA into common keyboard symbols.  
  consonants • vowels • diphthongs • additional symbols  
   
 
 aspirated consonants
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 IPA SYMBOL SAMPA EXAMPLES  

p p   pen, copy, map

t t   tell, button, cat

k k   keep, packet, clock

tʃ tS   church, nature, match

f f   fat, photo, coffee

θ T   thin, athlete, both

s s   soon, cease, sister

ʃ S   ship, sure, nation

h h   hot, who, ahead
     

 
 voiced consonants
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 IPA SYMBOL SAMPA EXAMPLES  

b b   bed, baby, job

d d   day, middle, did

g g   get, giggle, dog, ghost

dʒ dZ   judge, age, soldier

v v   very, cover, five

ð D   this, other, sunbathe

z z   zero, music, buzz

ʒ Z   beige, vision, mirage

m m   much, summer, tram

n n   nice, know, funny, sun

ŋ N   ring, anger, thank

l l   leg, valley, failure

r r   rain, write, sorry

j j   yellow, usual, few

w w   win, one, when
     
 
     
 
 vowels
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 IPA SYMBOL SAMPA EXAMPLES  

æ {   act, trap, bad

e E   any, ten, head

ɪ I   sit, big, minute

ɒ Q   odd, got, want

ʊ U   put, book, good

ə @   about, police, father

ʌ V   cut, done, blood

i i   happy, react

u u   casual, continuous

ɑː A:   car, half, father, heart

ɜː 3:   bird, word, verb, burn

iː i:   eat, meet, sea

ɔː O:   saw, north, wore, all

uː u:   two, blue, food
     
   
     
     
     
     
   
 diphthongs
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 IPA SYMBOL SAMPA EXAMPLES  

eɪ eI   day, face, wait

əʊ @U   boat, know, go

aɪ aI   my, high, five, lie

aʊ aU   now, out, down

ɔɪ OI   boy, choice

ɪə I@   here, near, bacteria

eə e@   wear, care, there, hair

ʊə U@   poor, sure, jury
     
 
       
 
 additional symbols
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 SYMBOL SAMPA FUNCTION  

ˈ "   (primary) stress mark

ˌ %   secondary stress mark

l̩ or n̩ l= or n=   syllabic consonant marker

̃ ~   nasal glyph

ː :   length mark
     
     
  Read more about SAMPA, from UCL dept. of phonetics and linguistics.  
         
 


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