Idea for a new ASCII-IPA scheme
From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 24, 1999, 5:13 |
I've been dissatisfied with the existing ASCII-IPA schemes; they each =
have
some unpleasant features and inconvenient omissions. Real IPA is =
available
in Unicode, but selecting each character from the symbol menu in Word is =
a
bit tedious, and not everyone has the appropriate fonts even if they can
read Unicode text. I've been trying to come up with a modification of one
or the other of the ASCII-IPA schemes that fills the gaps in the latest
(1996) IPA chart. (See http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/fullchart.html)
Here's my latest attempt; it started out something like SAMPA, but ended =
up
somewhat easier to use and more logical. In most cases, " indicates a
modification of the basic letter, and * stands for a letter that is =
rotated
180 degrees. Some of the capital letters still have their SAMPA values, =
but
there are some significant exceptions. Diacritics are generally indicated
by a ^ (for diacritics above the letter or superscripts) or a _ (for
diacritics below the letter).
Consonants (pulmonic)
bilab. lbdnt. dent. alv. postalv. retr. palat. velar uvul. pharyn. =
glot.
p b t d t. d. c J k g q Q ?
m M n n. n" N N"
B" r R
r" r.
P B f v T D s z S Z s. z. C j" x G X R" H 9 h =
h"
l" Z"
v" r* r*. j w"
l l. L L"
W voiceless labial-velar fricative
w voiced labial-velar approximant
y" voiced labial-palatal approximant
H" voiceless epiglottal frictative
9- voiced epiglottal fricative
?- epiglottal plosive
c" z" alveolo-palatal fricatives
l* alveolar lateral flap
S" simultaneous S and x
kp) double articulations
ts) affricates
(non-pulmonic)
p! T! t! tl! c! clicks
b` d` J` g` Q` vcd.
implosives
p` t` s` k` ejectives
Vowels Front Central Back
Close i y i- u- u" u
I Y U
Close-mid e % e" o- o" o
@
Open-mid E $ E* E" V O
& a*
Open a $" A A*
Suprasegmentals
' primary stress
, secondary stress
: long
; half-long
( extra-short
[ ] syllable break (i.e., a space between syllables)
| minor (foot) group
# major (intonation) group
=3D linking (absence of a break)
5 extra high
4 high
3 mid
2 low
1 extra low
- downstep
+ upstep
24 rising
42 falling
++ global rise
-- global fall
diacritics
_o voiceless _" breathy voiced _D dental
_v voiced _~ creaky voiced _A apical
^h aspirated _m linguolabial _L laminal
_) more rounded ^w labialized ~ nasalized
_( less rounded ^j palatalized ^n nasal release
_+ advanced ^G velarized ^l lateral =
release
_- retracted ^9 pharyngealized ^7 no audible
release
^" centralized ^~ velarized or pharyngealized
^x mid-centralized _^ raised
_| syllabic _T lowered
_n non-syllabic _< advanced tongue root
^r rhoticity _> retracted tongue root
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