Americanist phonetic notation

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf phonetic transcription system
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:APA
gptkb:American_Phonetic_Alphabet
gptkb:NAPhA
gptkb:North_American_Phonetic_Alphabet
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
gptkbp:developedBy American linguists
gptkbp:hasFeature special characters
diacritic marks
adaptability to local needs
non-IPA symbols
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Americanist phonetic notation
gptkbp:influenced orthographies for indigenous languages
transcription practices in American linguistics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
gptkbp:notableFor distinct conventions from IPA
use of barred i for high central unrounded vowel
use of c-cedilla for voiceless palatal fricative
use of h-bar for voiceless pharyngeal fricative
use of s-hacek for voiceless postalveolar fricative
use of t-esh ligature for voiceless postalveolar affricate
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Handbook_of_American_Indian_Languages
gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America_publications
gptkb:Bloomfield,_Leonard_(1933)
gptkb:Boas,_Franz_(1911)
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:usedFor linguistic theory
language teaching
phonological analysis
phonetic transcription
phonetic analysis
transcribing indigenous languages of the Americas
transcribing unwritten languages
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
linguistic fieldwork
language documentation
language revitalization
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Latin_alphabet
diacritics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
gptkb:Internationales_Phonetisches_Alphabet_(IPA)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6