In order to ensure easy handling and implementation of the transcribed
lists, all transcriptions should be done in SAMPA.
See also: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/german.htm
There is a difference in the respresentation of the glottal stop, though: While SAMPA uses the symbol /?/, we will use /Q/, as this is the easiest way to avoid overlaps with meta symbols and punctuation marks.