SAMPA computer readable phoneme alphabet for European languages, with ASCII and IPA definitions (1990) Consonants b 98 voiced bilabial plosive c 99 voiceless palatal plosive C 67 voiceless palatal fricative d 100 voiced dental/alveol. plosive D 68 voiced dental fricative f 102 voiceless labiodental fricative g 103 voiced velar plosive G 71 voiced velar fricative h 104 voiceless glottal fricative j 106 palatal approximant k 107 voiceless velar plosive l 108 dental/alveol. lateral approximant L 76 palatal lateral approximant m 109 bilabial nasal n 110 dental/alveol. nasal J 74 palatal nasal N 78 velar nasal p 112 voiceless bilabial plosive r 114 alveolar trill R 82 uvular trill/fricative s 115 voiceless alveolar fricative S 83 voiceless postalveolar fricative t 116 voiceless dental/alveol. plosive T 84 voiceless dental fricative v 118 voiced labiodental fricative w 119 labial-velar approximant x 120 voiceless velar fricative H 72 labial-palat. approximant z 122 voiced alveolar fricative Z 90 voiced postalveolar fricative ? 63 stod, glottal stop Boundary and prosodic features : 58 length mark "papa 34 Primary stress (also in Accent I words in Norwegian and Swedish ""papa 34,34 Accent II words in Norwegian and Swedish %papa 37 Secondary stress -papa 45 Level tone (if followed by a tone group boundary) 'papa 39 Rising tone `papa 96 Falling tone `'papa 96,39 Fall-rise '`papa 39,96 Rise-fall $ 36 Syllable boundary | 124 Tone group boundary - 45 Separator Vowels a 97 open front unrounded A 65 open back unrounded { 123 near-open front unrounded E bad 6 54 near-open central unrounded G Butter Q 81 open back rounded O 79 open-mid back rounded e 101 close-mid front unrounded E 69 open-mid front unrounded @ 64 mid central unrounded Schwa 3 51 mid central unrounded i 105 close front unrounded I 73 near-close front unrounded lax o 111 close-mid back rounded 2 50 close-mid front rounded 9 57 open-mid front rounded & 38 open front rounded u 117 close back rounded U 85 near-close back rounded lax } 125 close central rounded V 86 open-mid back unrounded y 121 close front rounded Y 89 near-close front rounded lax Two character symbols e~ 69,126 Example of nasalized vowel aI 97,73 Example of diphthong tS 116,83 Example of affricate rd 114,100 Example of retroflex consonant u0 117,48 Mid-close rounded central vowel in Swedish =n 61,110 Example of syllabic /n/ E/ 69,47 Example of indeterminacy (for /e/~/E/ indeterminacy in French) Currently under discussion * 42 Conjunctor ... 46,46,46 Silent pause \ 92 Phonetic case shift (e.g. \*F might be used to signal a shift into French and \ would terminate the shift) Currently used in French work & Phonological phrase # 35 Word boundary ## 35,35 Absence of liaison + 43 Morpheme boundary