This is SAMPA for Swedish (http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/swedish.htm), modified to use more HTK-friendly symbols. Differences from Swedish SAMPA: SAMPA HTK }: u0: 2: o2: 2 o2 {: E3: 9: o3: { E3 9 o3 @ eh Consonants There are six plosives: Symbol Word Transcription p pil p i: l b bil b i: l t tal t A: l d dal d A: l k kal k A: l g gås g o: s There are six fricatives: f fil f i: l v vår v o: r s sil s i: l S sjuk S u0: k (front and back allophones#) h hal h A: l C tjock C O k (not syllable-final) There are six sonorant consonants (nasals, liquids and semivowels): m mil m i: l n nål n o: l N ring r I N (not syllable-initial) r ris r i: s l lös l o2: s j jag j A: g Vowels There are nine long and nine short vowels. Long vowels (followed by short consonant): i: vit v i: t e: vet v e: t E: säl s E: l y: syl s y: l u0: hus h u0: s o2: föl f o2: l u: sol s u: l o: hål h o: l A: hal h A: l Short vowels (followed by long consonant): I vitt v I t e vett v e t E rätt r E t Y bytt b Y t u0 buss b u0 s o2 föll f o2 l U bott b U t O håll h O l a hall h a l There are also two pre-r allophones (long and short) of /E/ and /o2/ (see below). The following important allophonic variants occur in Swedish which require separate symbolic representation: E3: här h E3: r pre-r allophone of E: o3: för f o3: r " o2: E3 herr h E3 r " E o3 förr f o3 r " o2 eh pojken p O j k eh n schwa vowel allophone rt hjort j U rt retroflex consonant, not initial* rd bord b u: rd " rn barn b A: rn " rs fors f O rs " rl karl k A: rl "