Phonetic spelling
A phonetic transcription (also phonetic writing ) is a writing system for the purpose of the pronunciation of sounds or sound chains reproduce - preferably exactly or "only" to the phonemes of the respective single language . Phonetic transcriptions play a role especially when learning foreign languages . They are also important as a description tool in linguistics .
Phonetic transcriptions can be used for different individual languages, at least for different dialects or language levels . The sound-letter assignments in the otherwise common written languages , on the other hand, are characterized by many peculiarities that have developed over long periods of time - the same written word can be very different depending on the individual language or dialect. Therefore, common writing systems are not suitable for the representation of a certain sound.
The best known example of phonetic transcription is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is used in most dictionaries as well as in Wikipedia . Another international phonetic spelling widely used in German and Romance dialectology is Teuthonista ( known as Böhmer-Ascoli in Romania ).
See also
- SAMPA - Representation of the International Phonetic Alphabet with 7-bit ASCII (i.e. SAMPA is a subset of the IPA)
- Transcription (transferring the characters of one writing system into the characters of another)
- Phonetics , Phonology
- Phonematic orthography
- Deseret Alphabet , Shaw Alphabet , Quikscript , Unifon - phonetic fonts for the English language
- Ghoti - an example of how helpful phonetic transcription can be
- Rhenish Documenta - the phonetic transcription of the Rhenish dialects
