XSAMPA Examples

The following list provides examples for each XSAMPA symbol that is supported in ISiS:

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.