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Blend of ARPA +‎ alphabet

Proper noun edit

ARPAbet

  1. 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.

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