SAMPA / X-SAMPA Transcription of Czech

SAMPA (Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet), as well as the more recent X-SAMPA (Extended SAMPA) is a machine-readable phonetic alphabet, frequently used in technical applications like speech recognition or speech synthesis.

Vowel Phonemes

  IPA Symbol (X-)SAMPA Transcription Example Word   Description   Word Transcription
i: sýr (cheese) close front long (í, ý) si:r
ɪ I list (leaf) close-mid near-front short (i, y) lIst
ɛ E pes (dog) open-mid front short pEs
ɛː E: lék (medicine) open-mid front long lE:k
a a sad (orchard) open central short sat
a: sám (alone) open central long sa:m
o o rok (year) mid back short rok
o: tón (tone) mid back long to:n
u u sud (barrel) close back short sut
u: sůl (salt) close back long (ú, ů) su:l
o͡u o_u soud (court) mid back to close back diphthong so_ut
a͡u a_u auto (car) open central to close back diphthong a_uto / ?a_uto
ɛ͡u E_u neuron (neuron) mid front to close back diphthong nE_uron

Consonant Phonemes

  IPA Symbol (X-)SAMPA Transcription Example Word   Description   Word Transcription
p p pes (dog) voiceless bilabial plosive pEs
b b bok (side) voiced bilabial plosive bok
t t trik (trick) voiceless alveolar plosive trIk
d d dům (house) voiced alveolar plosive du:m
c c ticho (silence) voiceless (alveo-)palatal plosive (ť) cIxo
ɟ J\ děda (grandfather) voiced (alveo-)palatal plosive (ď) J\Eda
k k kam (where) voiceless velar plosive kam
ɡ g guma (rubber) voiced velar plosive guma
f f fotbal (football) voiceless labiodental fricative fodbal
v v voják (soldier) voiced labiodental fricative voja:k
s s sud (barrel) voiceless alveolar fricative sut
z z zub (tooth) voiced alveolar fricative zup
ʃ S šok (shock) voiceless postalveolar fricative Sok
ʒ Z žár (glow) voiced postalveolar fricative Za:r
x x chuť (taste) voiceless velar fricative xuc
ɦ h\ hlad (hunger) voiced laryngeal fricative h\lat
ʦ t_s cíl (target) voiceless alveolar affricate t_si:l
ʧ t_S část (part) voiceless postalveolar affricate t_Sa:st
m m mír (peace) voiced bilabial nasal mi:r
n n nos (nose) voiced alveolar nasal nos
ɲ J nic (nothing) voiced (alveo-)palatal nasal (ň) JIt_s
r r rok (year) voiced alveolar trill rok
l l les (forest) voiced alveolar lateral approximant lEs
j j jak (how) voiced palatal glide jak
P\ řád (order) voiced alveolar fricative trill (ř) P\a:t

Consonant Allophonic Variants

  IPA Symbol (X-)SAMPA Transcription Example Word   Description   Word Transcription
ɣ G bych byl (I would be) voiced velar fricative (ch, in voicing assimilation) bIG bIl
ʣ d_z moc dobrý (very good) voiced alveolar affricate (in voicing assimilation) mod_z dobri:
ʤ d_Z proč bys (why would you) voiced postalveolar affricate (in voicing assimilation) prod_Z bIs
r̝̊ Q\ bouřka (storm) voiceless alveolar fricative trill (ř, in voicing assimilation) bo_uQ\ka
ŋ N banka (bank) voiced velar nasal (in place assimilation) baNka
ɱ F tramvaj (tram) voiced labiodental nasal (in place assimilation) traFvaj

Other Symbols

  IPA Symbol (X-)SAMPA Transcription Example Word   Description   Word Transcription
= krk, vlk (throat, wolf) syllabic consonant kr=k, vl=k
ʔ ? na okně (on the window) glottal stop before word-initial vowels na ?okJE

 

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