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Meaning of SAMPA | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈsæmpə/

Definitions

An alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters, to work around text encoding problems before the introduction of Unicode.
Nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil

Equivalents

Français SAMPA

Português Sampa

Examples

“This is Sampa my friend; anything can happen.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Sampaga sampaguita Sampaio Sampaloc Sampalukin Sampan