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. 2015 Sep 24;112(41):12752–12757. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1500331112

Table S1.

ASJP transcription conventions

ASJP code symbol Description IPA symbols
i High front vowel, rounded and unrounded i, i, y, Y
e Mid-front vowel, rounded and unrounded e, ø
E Low front vowel, rounded and unrounded æ, ε, œ, Œ
3 High and mid-central vowel, rounded and unrounded ɨ, ɘ, ə, ɜ, ʉ, ɵ, ɞ
a Low central vowel, unrounded a, ɐ
u High back vowel, rounded and unrounded ɯ, u
o Mid- and low back vowel, rounded and unrounded ɣ, ʌ, ɑ, o, ɔ, ɒ
p Voiceless bilabial stop and fricative p, ɸ
b Voiced bilabial stop and fricative b, β
f Voiceless labiodental fricative f
v Voiced labiodental fricative v
m Bilabial nasal m
w voiced bilabial-velar approximant w
8 Voiceless and voiced dental fricative θ, ð
4 Dental nasal n
t Voiceless alveolar stop t
d Voiced alveolar stop d
s Voiceless alveolar fricative s
z Voiced alveolar fricative z
c Voiceless and voiced alveolar affricate ts, X
n Alveolar nasal n
r Voiced apicoalveolar flap and all other varieties of “r-sounds” ɾ, r, R, ɽ
l Voiced alveolar lateral approximant l
S Voiceless postalveolar fricative ʃ
Z Voiced postalveolar fricative ʒ
C Voiceless palatoalveolar affricate ʧ
j Voiced palatoalveolar affricate X
T Voiceless and voiced palatal stop C, ɟ
5 Palatal nasal ɲ
y Palatal approximant j
k Voiceless velar stop k
g Voiced velar stop g
x Voiceless and voiced velar fricative x, ɣ
N Velar nasal ŋ
q Voiceless uvular stop q
G Voiced uvular stop g
X Voiceless and voiced uvular fricative, voiceless and voiced pharyngeal fricative χ, ʁ, ħ, ʕ
h Voiceless and voiced glottal fricative h, ɦ
7 Voiceless glottal stop ʔ
L All other laterals l, ɭ, λ
! All varieties of “click-sounds” !, |, ||, ǂ

ASJP transcription conventions. Reproduced from ref. 45.