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Blend of ARPA + alphabet
ARPAbet
- A set of phonetic transcription codes developed by Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
- Coordinate terms: IPA, SAMPA
2016, Ronald A. Cole, Perception and Production of Fluent Speech, Routledge, →ISBN, page 16:The ARPAbet system provides a broad, phonetic transcription that is nearly phonemic.
