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Americanist phonetic notation

Americanist phonetic notation, also known as the North American Phonetic Alphabet (NAPA), the Americanist Phonetic Alphabet and the American Phonetic Alphabet (APA), is a system of phonetic notation originally developed by European and American anthropologists and language scientists (many of whom were Neogrammarians) for the phonetic and phonemic…

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Languages
phonetic transcription of any language
Parent systems
Americanist phonetic notation
Period
1880s to the present
Script type
Alphabet

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Americanist phonetic notation

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Americanist phonetic notation

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related to history · 38
Americanist phonetic notation → American, American Anthropological Society, American Anthropologist, American Linguistics, Americanist, Another, Bloomfield, Boas, Boas's, Bolling, Campbell, Cass, East European, Franz Boas, Gibbs, Goddard, Greek, Hale, Herzog, In
Languages · 1
Americanist phonetic notation → phonetic transcription of any language
Parent systems · 1
Americanist phonetic notation → Americanist phonetic notation
Period · 1
Americanist phonetic notation → 1880s to the present
Script type · 1
Americanist phonetic notation → Alphabet

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Americanist phonetic notationParent systemsAmericanist phonetic notation1.00infobox
Americanist phonetic notationPeriod1880s to the present1.00infobox
Americanist phonetic notationScript typeAlphabet1.00infobox
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyJohn Wesley Powell0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyPowell0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyAmerican0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyPickering0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyCass0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyHale0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyLepsius0.60section
Americanist phonetic notationrelated to historyGibbs0.60section

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