= US English SAMPA =

The following phonetic alphabet is used for transcribing US English words in MARY.


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Consonants:

     Symbol          Word                    Transcription
        p               pin                     pIn
        b               bin                     bIn
        t               tin                     tIn
        d               din                     dIn
        k               kin                     kIn
        g               give                    gIv
        tS              chin                    tSIn
        dZ              gin                     dZIn
        f               fin                     fIn
        v               vim                     vIm
        T               thin                    TIn
        D               this                    DIs
        s               sin                     sIn
        z               zing                    zIN
        S               shin                    SIn
        Z               measure                 'mE-Zr=
        h               hit                     hIt
        m               mock                    mAk
        n               knock                   nAk
        N               thing                   TIN
        r               wrong                   rON
        l               long                    lON
        w               wasp                    wAsp
        j               yacht                   jAt

Vowels:

        I               pit                     pIt
        E               pet                     pEt
        {               pat                     p{t
        A               pot                     pAt
        V               cut                     kVt
        U               put                     pUt
        i               ease                    iz
        e               raise                   rez
        u               lose                    luz
        o               nose                    noz
        O               cause                   kOz
        aI              rise                    raIz
        OI              noise                   nOIz
        aU              rouse                   raUz
        r=              furs                    fr=z
        @               allow                   @-'laU

}}}

Note: this is adapted from the official [http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/american.htm US English SAMPA page].