Conlang XSAMPA

CXS (an acronym standing for CONLANG eXtended SAMPA (SAMPA= Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet), where CONLANG in turn stands for the Conlang Mailing List) is an unofficial extension of the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) that is used by members of the Conlang Mailing List with the intention of improving the system for use in language construction.

The main differences between the transcription systems are:

Phone, diacritic or
suprasegmental

IPA

X-SAMPA

CXS

Notes

High central unrounded vowel

1

i\

Original X-SAMPA symbol is also in use

High central rounded vowel

}

u\

Open front rounded vowel

&

&\

Near-open front unrounded vowel

{

&

Same transcription as in the Kirshenbaum system

Palatalization

'

;

Primary stress

"

' or "

Secondary stress

%

, or %

Tie bar (example)

g_b

gb)

See also

  • International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
  • International Phonetic Alphabet for English
  • X-SAMPA
  • SAMPA, a language-specific predecessor of X-SAMPA.
  • SAMPA chart for English
  • Kirshenbaum, the other main ASCIIfication system of the IPA.
  • List of phonetics topics