SAMPA表
母音（元音）

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元音

|  | 前 | 近前 | 央 | 近後 | 後 |
| 閉 |  i ·  y  |  |  1  ·  }  |  |  M  ·  u  |
| 次閉 |  |  I  ·  Y  |  |  U  |  |
| 半閉 |  e ·  2  |  |  @\ ·  8  |  |  7 ·  o  |
| 中 |  |  |  @  |  |  |
| 半開 |  E ·  9  |  |  3 ·  3\  |  |  V ·  O  |
| 次開 |  {  |  |  6  |  |  |
| 開 |  a ·  &  |  |  |  |  A ·  Q  |
元音修飾符號：
[ ~, _~ ] 置於元音後以表示鼻音化（如法語中的 bon [bO~]）。
[ : ] 置於元音後以表示延長（長元音）（如日語的 shōshō [So:So:]；英語 see [si:]）.
[ ` ] 置於元音後以表示捲舌化（兒化）（如美式英語的 bird [b3`d]）。
[ _^ ] 不成音節 (IPA subscript arch)
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元音簡化表
| SAMPA | 國際音標 | 說明 | 例子 |
| i | i | 閉前不圓唇元音 | 英語 see；西班牙語 sí；法語 vite；德語 mieten；意大利語 visto |
| I | (縮小的 I 字母) | 閉前不圓唇元音，但較為央和開，也較為鬆馳（按：應為「次閉近前不圓唇元音」） front closed unrounded vowel, but somewhat more centralised and relaxed | 英語 city；德語 mit |
| e | e | front half closed unrounded vowel | US English bear, Spanish él, French année, German mehr, Italian rete, Catalan més |
| E | ɛ | front half open unrounded vowel | English bed, French même,German Herr, Männer,  Italian ferro, Catalan mes, Spanish perro |
| { | ae ligature, æ | front open unrounded vowel | English cat |
| y | y | front closed rounded vowel | French du, German Tür |
| 2 | slashed o, ø | front half closed rounded vowel | French deux (hence '2'), German Höhle |
| 9 | oe ligature, œ | front half open rounded vowel | French neuf (hence '9'), German Hölle |
| 1 | overstroked i, i | central closed unrounded vowel | Russian мыс [m1s] 'mouse' |
| @ | ə (turned down e) schwa | central neutral unrounded vowel | English about, winner,German bitte |
| 6 | ɐ (turned down a) open schwa | central neutral unrounded vowel | German besser |
| 3 | ɜ (Greek epsilon mirrored to the left) | front half open unrounded vowel, but somewhat more centralised and relaxed | English bird |
| a | a | central open vowel | Spanish da, barra, French bateau, lac, German Haar, Italian pazzo |
| } | overstroked u, ʉ | central closed rounded vowel | Scottish English pool, Swedish sju |
| 8 | overstroked o, ɵ | central neutral rounded vowel | Swedish kust |
| & | small capital OE ligature, ɶ | front open rounded vowel | American English that |
| M | ɯ (upside-down m) | back closed unrounded vowel | Japanese fuji, Vietnamese ư Korean 으 |
| 7 | ɤ (squeezed Greek gamma) | back half closed unrounded vowel | Vietnamese ơ Korean 어 |
| V | ʌ (turned down v) | back half open unrounded vowel | RP and US English run, enough |
| A | ɑ ('d' with no upper tail) | back open unrounded vowel | English arm, US English law, standard French âme |
| u | u | back closed rounded vowel | English soon, Spanish tú, French goût, German Hut, Mutter, Italian azzurro, tutto |
| U | ʊ (turned down small capital Greek omega) | back closed rounded vowel somewhat more centralised and relaxed | English put, Buddhist |
| o | o | back half closed rounded vowel | US English sore, Scottish English boat, Spanish yo, French beau, German Sohle, Italian dove, Catalan ona |
| O | ɔ (c mirrored to the left) | back half open rounded vowel | British English law, caught, Italian cosa, Catalan dona, |
| Q | ɒ ('b' with no upper tail) | 後開圓唇元音 | 英國英語 not, cough, 德語 Toll |
主重音以 ["] 表示，次重音則用 [%] 來表示，兩個符號均放在重音節之前。（页面存档备份，存于）