xsipa – Short XSAMPA-based commands for IPA transcription in LaTeX

This LaTeX package provides a lightweight phonetic transcription system inspired by XSAMPA. It translates modified XSAMPA sequences into proper IPA symbols, using either the tipa package (for pdfTeX users) or Unicode IPA symbols via xunicode (for XeTeX and LuaTeX users).

The package was designed to simplify phonetic transcription in LaTeX by offering concise macros such as \xsE for \textepsilon, and \xs*...* as a shortcut for multi-symbol sequences (e.g., \xs*EO* for ɛɔ). These commands are modeled after XSAMPA but adapted for LaTeX compatibility — including custom replacements for reserved characters.

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