English Explanatory Dictionary

SAMPA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters, to work around text encoding problems before the introduction of Unicode.
name
  1. Nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil

Pronunciation

săm'pə /ˈsæmpə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-SAMPA.wav

Word forms

SAMPA

Etymology

Acronym of Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet.

Derived words

X-SAMPA
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