CXS

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

External links

• Conlang Mailing List
• CXS Overview and IPA Online Converter