wiki:USEnglishSAMPA

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US English SAMPA

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

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

Other symbols used
	'		stressed syllable
	-		syllable boundary

Note: this is adapted from the official US English SAMPA page.