| XS | IPA | IPA | Description | Example |
|---|
| A | | | open back unrounded vowel | English father ["fA:D@] |
| B | | | voiced bilabial fricative | Spanish lavar [la"Ba4] |
| B\ | | | bilabial trill | Reminiscent of shivering |
| C | | | voiceless palatal fricative | German ich [IC], English human ["Cum@n] |
| D | | | voiced dental fricative | English then [DEn] |
| E | | | open-mid front unrounded vowel | French même [mEm], English met [mEt] |
| F | | | labiodental nasal | English emphasis ["EFf@sIs] |
| G | | | voiced velar fricative | Greek ????a [Go"nia], Danish vælge ["vElG@] |
| G\ | | | voiced uvular plosive | Inuktitut nirivvik [niG\ivvik] |
| G\_< | | | voiced uvular implosive | |
| H | | | labial-palatal approximant | French huit [Hi] |
| H\ | | | voiceless epiglottal fricative | |
| I | | | near-close near-front unrounded vowel | English kit [kIt] |
| I\ | | | central lax close unrounded vowel, not in IPA | Polish ryba [rI\bA] |
| J | | | palatal nasal | Spanish año ["aJo], English canyon ["k:t] |
| 1 | | | close central unrounded vowel | Welsh tu [t1], American English rose's ["r\oUz1z] |
| 2 | | | close-mid front rounded vowel | Danish købe ["k2:b@], French deux [d2] |
| 3 | | | open-mid central unrounded vowel | English nurse [n3:s] or [n3`s] |
| 3\ | | | open-mid central rounded vowel | Dutch munt [m3\nt] |
| 4 | | | alveolar flap | Spanish pero ["pe4o], American English better ["bE4@`] |
| 5 | | | velarized alveolar lateral approximant; also see _e | English milk [mI5k] |
| 6 | | | near-open central vowel | German besser ["bEs6], Australian English mud [m6d] |
| 7 | | | close-mid back unrounded vowel | Estonian kõik [k7ik], Occurs in Vietnamese |
| 8 | | | close-mid central rounded vowel | Swedish buss [b8s] |
| 9 | | | open-mid front rounded vowel | French neuf [n9f], Danish drømme [dR9m@] |
| & | | | open front rounded vowel | |
| ? | | | glottal stop | Danish stød [sd2?], Cockney English bottle ["bQ?l] |
| ?\ | | | voiced pharyngeal fricative | Arabic ‘ayn |
| * | | | undefined escape character, SAMPA's "conjunctor" | |
| / | | | indeterminacy in French vowels | |
| < | | | begin nonsegmental notation | |
| <\ | | | voiced epiglottal fricative | |
| > | | | end nonsegmental notation | |
| >\ | | | epiglottal plosive | |
| ^ | | | upstep | |
| ! | | | downstep | |
| !\ | | | postalveolar click | |
| > | | | minor group | |
| >\ | | | dental click | |
| || | | | major group | |
| >\|\ | | | lateral alveolar click | |
| =\ | | | palatal click | |
| -\ | | | linking mark | |