Vowels
and Combinations
(Br./Am.)
in five notations: Unifon II, SAMPA,
Kirshenbaum, Saxon-Spanglish, Truespel
number of phonemes
dual reader multiple
transcriptions
14 Pure
Vowels [uncombined]
| IPA-american
| 43 Rye List
6 short CHECKED
vowels - 5
notations
[alphabetical aeiou order]
U2
-S - K
- SS
key SAMPA SPANGLISH
U2
UNI
TRU ISRP WS
-- - - --
-------- ----- --- ---
--- --- ---- --
a { & ae
pat add p{t paet
pat pat pat pct
paet
e E E e.
pet el pet pett
pet pet pet pet pet
i I I i.
pit ill pIt pitt
pit pit pit pit pit
Q Q A. o
pot odd pQt pot
pQt Br pxt --- pot pot
q A A o.
pot odd pAt pott
pqt Am pot paat paat paat
x V V v u. putt up
pVt putt pxt pct
put put pat pat
v U U w u put
hook pUt put
pvt pCt poot put put
8 long
FREE vowels [The schwa is
a free vowel that is often short as in ago]
q A A aa
alms father Amz aamz qmz fqDc
omz aamz aamz aamz
A e e ei
ace ale eis eis
As Al
As aes eis eis
E i i ie
eel east il iel
El Est
El eel
iil iil
R 3 V" urr her
sir h3d@ hurr
hRrdcr
hur herder h3da
hyydy
o O O aw
awe taut tOt tawt
tot txt taut toot toot
O @U @U ow oat
owe @ut owt
Ot Ot oat
6t out
u u: u uu ooze hoop u:z uuz
uz hUp huep huup huup
c @ O
a ago sofa @g@u ago
cgO
cgO uggoe agou
ygou
[blue - unstressed] . .
. . . . . . . hurrder
hxrdcr
herder
hyyrdyr
3 combinations
diphthongs
[Spellings in five
different notations]
U2
-S - K
- SS
- key - SS
- Tru - IS - WS
I @i @i ai eyes
aiz iez aiz aiz
au {u &u ou out out out aut aut
oi oI oI oi boy boi boi
boi boi
According to this analysis, there are three basic ways of representing
sounds: traditional digraphs, upper case unigraphs, and IPA
Sampa and Kirshenbaum notations use the uppercase for the short vowels. Unifon uses the uppercase for the long or free vowels.
Which notation is best? They
are all ASCII notations. notations that do not use diacritics are
rare in dictionary pronunciation guides.
The notations are just about logically equivalent. Most merge some
of the ah-awe sounds. GA substitutes the short [aa] for the short
[awe]
Compare the multiple transcriptions of the Beautiful
Princess story and the Gettysberg
Address, then make your own decision.
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