Questions tagged [phonetic-symbols]
Symbols used for the visual representation of speech sounds.
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IPA notation for syllabic [n] after another [n]
Written German has verbs like <können> ‘can’, but some (quick, lazy, …) speakers – myself included – pronounce this word form without any /e/ or schwa sound in the second nucleus. There are still ...
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For the 'ch' sound in Chilean Spanish, do these symbols differ?
I am researching dialects in Chilean Spanish , and one feature that is often mentioned (and one that you can hear all across Chile in conversation) is the varying pronunciation of the 'ch' sound. I ...
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Symbols for IPA categories
In IPA a consonant can have different places of articulation such as Bilabial, Labio-dental, Dental etc.
I want to create a IPA chart that doesn't take much space. For that purposes the words are too ...
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Are there any good open source English text to IPA/other phonetics alphabet transcription programs?
I'm writing a computer program which requires some of this functionality at one point, so I wanted to get into a (better-written) code and have a look, to get some inspiration. Are there any good ones ...
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Where can I find a dataset of language phoneme sets?
I'm looking for a dataset of phoneme sets for the most widely spoken languages. Something like the sort of thing available here:
http://web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/upsid.html
though the data there ...
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Is there a way to learn Icelandic phonetics online?
I want to learn Icelandic online, but am struggling to produce some phonemes. I am unable to find an IPA translator for Icelandic and think it'd be easier for me if I could see some of what I learn ...
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Is phonics still considered a strong teaching tool for teaching reading skills?
A number of years ago there was a company called "Hooked on Phonics", which made a name for itself with a successful ad campaign, and whose aim was to emphasize connecting different phonemes of words ...
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Several Questions Please Help with Answers [closed]
a. Some English words have more letters in their spelling than they have sounds in their pronunciation, but none have more sounds than they have letters.
b. If an English word has 3 vowels sounds, ...
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How can I differentiate between syllable-initial [ɣ] and [ə] using Praat or other software?
I am currently studying Amdo Tibetan. In this language the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] is reported to occur as the first sound in some syllable-initial consonant clusters. More specifically, this sound ...
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What do the "less-than" and "greater-than" signs mean when used as IPA vowel diacritics?
I was recently reading an academic paper on Amdo Tibetan phonetics and the author uses IPA vowel diacritics that look like "less-than" and "greater-than" signs.
Here is a picture so you know what I'm ...
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What do reversed and dotted tone letters mean?
The IPA uses the 5 tone-letters ˥,˦,˧,˨,˩. Unicode also has reversed (꜒,꜓,꜔,꜕,꜖) and dotted tone bars (꜈,꜉,꜊,꜋,꜌; ꜍,꜎,꜏,꜐,꜑). What are these characters used for?
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Cents symbol in phonology
In examining Chol's phonology, I came across the (old?) cents symbol ¢ (with a slanted line) as a phoneme symbol.
I have not been able to track what it corresponds to in IPA terms, but I suspect it's ...
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