SAMPA chart

! colspan="2" |

!Bilabial

!Labio-
dental

!Dental

!Alveolar

!Post-
alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Uvular

!Pharyngeal

!Glottal

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!SAMPA

!IPA

!Description

| style="background:#ddd" |

|retroflex consonant (e.g. d` = {{IPAslink|ɖ}})

|{{IPA|◌̺}}

|apical consonant

|{{IPA|◌̪}}

|dental consonant

|{{IPA|◌ˠ}}

|velarized consonant

|{{IPA|◌ʰ}}

|aspirated consonant

|{{IPA|◌ʲ}}

|palatalized consonant

|{{IPA|◌̻}}

|laminal consonant

|{{IPA|◌ʷ}}

|labialized consonant

| style="background:#ddd" |

|implosive consonant (e.g. b_< = {{IPAslink|ɓ}})

|{{IPA|ʼ}}

|ejective consonant

|{{IPA|◌̩}}

|syllabic consonant

!SAMPA

!IPA

!Description

!Examples

| {{IPAlink|p}}

| voiceless bilabial plosive

| English pen, Croatian pas ('dog')

| {{IPAlink|b}}

| voiced bilabial plosive

| English but, Polish brat ('brother')

| {{IPAlink|t}}

| voiceless alveolar plosive

| English two, Spanish tomar ('capture')

| {{IPAlink|d}}

| voiced alveolar plosive

| English do, Polish dom ('house')

| {{IPAlink|ts}}

| voiceless alveolar affricate

| Italian calza ('sock'), German Zeit ('time')

| {{IPAlink|dz}}

| voiced alveolar affricate

| Italian zona ('zone'), Canadian French dur ('hard')

| {{IPAlink|tʃ}}

| voiceless postalveolar affricate

| English chair, Spanish mucho ('many')

| {{IPAlink|dʒ}}

| voiced postalveolar affricate

| English gin, Italian giorno ('day')

| {{IPAlink|c}}

| voiceless palatal plosive

| Hungarian tyúk ('hen'), Dutch schatje ('darling')

| {{IPAlink|ɟ}}

| voiced palatal plosive

| Hungarian egy ('one'), Czech dítě ('child')

| {{IPAlink|k}}

| voiceless velar plosive

| English skill, Spanish casa ('house')

| {{IPAlink|ɡ}}

| voiced velar plosive

| English go, Hungarian gép ('machine')

| {{IPAlink|q}}

| voiceless uvular plosive

| Arabic qof, Somali qaab

| {{IPAlink|ɸ}}

| voiceless bilabial fricative

| Japanese fu, Ainu fuchi

| {{IPAlink|β}}

| voiced bilabial fricative

| Catalan roba 'clothes', Spanish huevo 'egg'

| {{IPAlink|f}}

| voiceless labiodental fricative

| English fool, Spanish fama ('fame')

| {{IPAlink|v}}

| voiced labiodental fricative

| English voice, German Welt 'world'

| {{IPAlink|θ}}

| voiceless dental fricative

| English thing, Castilian Spanish caza 'hunt'

| {{IPAlink|ð}}

| voiced dental fricative

| English this, Icelandic fræði 'science'

| {{IPAlink|s}}

| voiceless alveolar fricative

| English see, Spanish sí ('yes')

| {{IPAlink|z}}

| voiced alveolar fricative

| English zoo, German sein 'to be'

|{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

| voiceless postalveolar fricative

| English she, French chou 'cabbage'

|{{IPAlink|ʒ}}

| voiced postalveolar fricative

| French jour 'day', English pleasure

| {{IPAlink|ç}}

| voiceless palatal fricative

| Standard German ich 'I', Icelandic hjá 'next to'

|{{IPAlink|ʝ}}

| voiced palatal fricative

| Standard Spanish ayuda

| {{IPAlink|x}}

| voiceless velar fricative

| Scots loch, Spanish ajo

| {{IPAlink|ɣ}}

| voiced velar fricative

| Greek γάλα ('milk'), Icelandic saga ('story')

| {{IPAlink|ɰ}}

| velar approximant

| Spanish algo

|{{IPAlink|ħ}}

| voiceless pharyngeal fricative

| Arabic h.â

|{{IPAlink|ʕ}}

| voiced pharyngeal fricative

| Arabic 'ayn

| {{IPAlink|h}}

| voiceless glottal fricative

| English ham, German Hand

|{{IPAlink|ɦ}}

| voiced glottal fricative

| Hungarian lehet 'it can be'

| {{IPAlink|m}}

| bilabial nasal

| English man, French main 'hand'

|{{IPAlink|ɱ}}

| labiodental nasal

| Spanish infierno, Hungarian kámfor

| {{IPAlink|n}}

| alveolar nasal

| English, Spanish and Italian no

|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}

| palatal nasal

| Spanish año, French oignon, Hungarian lány

|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}

| velar nasal

| English ring, Tagalog ngayón

| {{IPAlink|l}}

| alveolar lateral approximant

| English left, Spanish largo

|{{IPAlink|ʎ}}

| palatal lateral approximant

| Italian aglio, Catalan colla

|{{IPAlink|ɫ}}

| velarized dental lateral

| English meal Catalan alga

|{{IPAlink|ɾ}}

| alveolar tap

| Spanish pero, Italian essere

|{{IPAlink|r}}

| alveolar trill

| Spanish perro, Italian terra

|{{IPAlink|ɹ}}

| alveolar approximant

| English run

|{{IPAlink|ʀ}}

| uvular trill

| Standard German Reich

| {{IPAlink|ʋ}}

| labiodental approximant

| Dutch Waar, Finnish vesi

| {{IPAlink|w}}

| labial-velar approximant

| English we, French oui

|{{IPAlink|ɥ}}

| labial-palatal approximant

| French nuit

| {{IPAlink|j}}

| palatal approximant

| English yes, Polish już

| style="background: #ccf;" colspan="6" | Vowels

!

! style="background: #ccf;"|front

! style="background: #ccf;"|central

! style="background: #ccf;"|back

! style="text-align: right;"| close

| i • y

| 1 • close central rounded vowel

!SAMPA

!IPA

!Description

!Examples

|{{IPA|◌̃}}

|nasalized vowel

|French bon [bO~], Portuguese sim [si~]

|{{IPA|ː}}

|long vowel

|English see [si:] )

|{{IPA|◌˞}}

|r-colored vowel

|US English bird [b3`d]

|{{IPA|◌̯}}

|non-syllabic vowel

|

|{{IPA|ˈ}}

|primary stress

|

|{{IPA|ˌ}}

|secondary stress

|

!SAMPA

!IPA

!Description

!Examples

|{{IPAlink|i}}

|close front unrounded vowel

|English see, Spanish sí, French vie, German wie, Italian visto

|{{IPAlink|ɪ}}

|near-close front unrounded vowel

|English city, German mit, Canadian French vite

|{{IPAlink|e}}

|close-mid front unrounded vowel

|US English bear, Spanish él, French année, German mehr, Italian rete, Catalan més

|{{IPAlink|ɛ}}

|open-mid front unrounded vowel

|English bed, French même, German Männer, Italian ferro, Catalan mes, Spanish perro

|{{IPAlink|æ}}

|near-open front unrounded vowel

|English cat, Finnish mäki

|{{IPAlink|y}}

|close front rounded vowel

|French du, German Tür, Finnish hyvä

|{{IPAlink|ʏ}}

|near-close front rounded vowel

|German hübsch, Swedish ylle

|{{IPAlink|ø}}

|close-mid front rounded vowel

|French deux (hence '2'), German Höhle, Danish købe

|{{IPAlink|œ}}

|open-mid front rounded vowel

|French neuf (hence '9'), German Hölle

|{{IPAlink|ɨ}}

|close central unrounded vowel

|Polish mysz

|{{IPAlink|ə}}

|mid central vowel

|English about, German bitte, Swedish beredd

|{{IPAlink|ɐ}}

|near-open central unrounded vowel

|German besser, Catalan mare

|{{IPAlink|ɜ}}

|open-mid central unrounded vowel

|English bird

|{{IPA|{{IPAplink|a}}~{{IPAplink|ä}}}}

|open front unrounded vowel/
open central unrounded vowel

|Spanish barra, French bateau, German Haar, Italian pazzo

|{{IPAlink|ʉ}}

|close central rounded vowel

|Scottish English pool, Swedish sju

|{{IPAlink|ɵ}}

|close-mid central rounded vowel

|Swedish kust

|{{IPAlink|ɶ}}

|open front rounded vowel

|Swedish öra

|{{IPAlink|ɯ}}

|close back unrounded vowel

|Japanese fuji, Korean geu

|{{IPAlink|ɤ}}

|close-mid back unrounded vowel

|Korean eoreum, Estonian kõrv

|{{IPAlink|ʌ}}

|open-mid back unrounded vowel

|RP and US English run, enough

|{{IPAlink|ɑ}}

|open back unrounded vowel

|English arm, US English law, Canadian French âme, Finnish alku

|{{IPAlink|u}}

|close back rounded vowel

|English soon, Spanish tú, French goût, German Hut, Italian tutto

|{{IPAlink|ʊ}}

|near-close back rounded vowel

|English put, (non-US)Buddhist, German Mutter

|{{IPAlink|o}}

|close-mid back rounded vowel

|US English sore, Scottish English boat, Spanish yo, French beau, German Sohle, Italian dove, Catalan ona

|{{IPAlink|ɔ}}

|open-mid back rounded vowel

|British English law, caught, Italian cosa, Catalan dona, Spanish ojo, German Wort

|{{IPAlink|ɒ}}

|open back rounded vowel

|British English not, cough, Hungarian kar