SAMPA alphabet
SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet) is phonetic transcription using only printable ASCII characters. It was created in the second mid of 1980s as a cooperation of researchers from all over the world. It is based on IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) [SM]. In the following table are listed SAMPA symbols for Slovak language with an example for each symbol:
Slovak language has 6 vowels, 5 of them have both the short and the long version. Vowel '{' is used rarely and is pronounced as 'E'.
Wovels |
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| ASCII character | example of slovak word | example of slovak word using IPA | english equivalent |
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| a | papier | papI_^Er | paper |
| E | pero | pErO | pen |
| I | pivo | pIvO | beer |
| O | popol | pOpOl | ash |
| U | puto | pUtO | binding |
| { | mäso | m{sO | meat |
| a~ | pás | pa~s | belt |
| E~ | nové | nOvE~ | new |
| I~ | pískať | pI~skať | whistle |
| O~ | pól | pO~l | pole |
| U~ | púpava | pU~pava | dandelion |
Diphthongs |
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| I_^a | piatok | pI_^atOk | Friday |
| I_^E | spievať | spI_^Evac | to sing |
| I_^U | cudziu | tsUdzI_^U | foreign (f.) |
| U_^O | kôň | kU_^OJ | horse |
Consonants | |||
| p | popol | pOpOl | ash |
| b | žaba | (Z)aba | frog |
| t | vata | vata | cotton-wool |
| d | voda | vOda | water |
| c | platiť | placIc | to pay |
| J- | háďa | h-a~J-a | small snake |
| k | páka | pa~ka | lever |
| g | agát | aga~t | acacia |
| ts | cena | tsEna | price |
| dz | hádzať | h-a~dzac | to throw |
| t(S) | mačka | mat(S)ka | cat |
| d(Z) | džem | d(Z)Em | jam |
| f | fajka | fajka | pipe |
| v | slovo | slOvO | word |
| w | vdova | wdOva | widow |
| U_^ | pravda | praU_^da | truth |
| s | osem | osEm | eight |
| z | váza | va~za | vase |
| (S) | košeľa | ko(S)E(L)a | shirt |
| (Z) | veža | vEZa | tower |
| x | chata | xata | hut |
| h- | Praha | prah-a | Prague |
| G | vrch hory | vr=G h-OrI | mountain summit |
| j | dvaja | dvaja | two (m.) |
| I_^ | kraj | kraI_^ | region |
| r | para | para | vapour |
| r= | prst | pr=st | finger |
| r=~ | vŕba | vr=~ba | osier |
| l | skala | skala | rock |
| l= | vlk | vl=k | wolf |
| l=~ | vĺča | vl=~t(S)a | little wolf |
| (L) | ľavy | (L)avI | left |
| m | mama | mama | mother |
| F | amfiteáter | aFfitEa~tEr | amphitheatre |
| n | rana, pánsky | rana, pa~nskI | bat,male |
| (N) | cengať | tsE(N)gac | jingle |
| (J) | vaňa | va(J)a | tub |