XSAMPA Examples¶
The following list provides examples for each XSAMPA symbol that is supported in ISiS:
Vowels¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
a | a | la | examples | further reading |
e | e | beauté | examples | further reading |
E | ɛ | cèpe | examples | further reading |
2 | ø | peu | examples | further reading |
9 | œ | jeune | examples | further reading |
@ | ə | menu | examples | further reading |
i | i | vie | examples | further reading |
o | o | réseau | examples | further reading |
O | ɔ | sort | examples | further reading |
u | u | fou | examples | further reading |
y | y | chute | examples | further reading |
o~ | ɔ~ | on | examples | further reading- nasalised |
a~ | ã | banc | examples | further reading- nasalised |
e~ | ɛ~ | bain | examples | further reading- nasalised |
9~ | œ~ | un | examples | further reading - nasalised |
Semi-Vowels¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
w | w | aquarelle | examples | further reading |
j | j | bille | examples | further reading |
H | ɥ | huit | examples | further reading |
Fricatives¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
v | v | avion | examples | further reading |
z | z | ros | examples | further reading |
Z | ʒ | je | examples | further reading |
f | f | feu | examples | further reading |
s | s | brossent | examples | further reading |
S | ʃ | chat | examples | further reading |
Plosives¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
b | b | table | examples | further reading |
d | d | demain | examples | further reading |
g | g | bagues | examples | further reading |
p | p | pot | examples | further reading |
t | t | compter | examples | further reading |
k | k | lac | examples | further reading |
Nasals¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
m | m | maison | examples | further reading |
n | n | nez | examples | further reading |
N | ŋ | camping | examples | further reading |
Others¶
XSAMPA Symbol | API | french word | list of words | explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|
R | ʁ | tarte | examples | further reading |
l | l | lait | examples | further reading |
Online resources¶
To help you to convert a given french text you can make use of online resources. because online resources directly using XSAMPA are hard to find generally you wil have to pass via the international phonetic alphabet (IPA).
Text to IPA¶
To get the IPA transcription of a given french word you can either use online dictionaries as for example www. wordreference.com, or even transcribe a given phrase completely into IPA using French to IPA.
IPA to XSAMPA¶
In a second step you can then use the IPA to SAMPA converter to get the transcription in the SAMPA alphabet, which for the part of the IPA that is covered by ISiS corresponds more or less with the XSAMPA implemented in ISiS. The only difference are the nasalised vowels that in ISiS are always lower-case, while in the SAMPA transcription produced by means of IPA to SAMPA converter there is a difference between e~ ad E~. So when constructing the ISiS score you should convert all nasalised vowels, that are letters with a “~” attached, from upper-case into the corresponding lower-case letter.