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'''CXS''' (an [[wp:acronym|acronym]] standing for ''CONLANG eXtended SAMPA'' (SAMPA= ''Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet''), where CONLANG in turn stands for the [[ | '''CXS''' (an [[wp:acronym|acronym]] standing for ''CONLANG eXtended SAMPA'' (SAMPA= ''Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet''), where CONLANG in turn stands for the [[Conlang-L FAQ|Conlang Mailing List]]) is an unofficial extension of the [[wp:X-SAMPA|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 [[wp:constructed language|language construction]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:24, 6 August 2009
Conlang Extended X-SAMPA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close central unrounded vowel | ɨ | 1 | i\ | Original X-SAMPA symbol is also in use |
| Close central rounded vowel | ʉ | } | u\ | |
| Open front rounded vowel | ɶ | & | &\ | |
| Near-open front unrounded vowel | æ | { | & | Same transcription as in the Kirshenbaum system |
| Palatalization | ʲ | ' | ; | |
| Primary stress | ˈ | " | ' or " | |
| Secondary stress | ˌ | % | , or % | |
| Tie bar (example) | g͡b | 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
