International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Chart Unicode "Keyboard"

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The document discusses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) chart, including an overview of the consonants and vowels used in the IPA as well as diacritics and other symbols.

The document discusses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), providing a chart that shows the symbols used to represent different consonant and vowel sounds.

The IPA uses symbols to represent different consonant and vowel sounds. It includes symbols for pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants as well as diacritics to provide additional information about sound articulation and features.

p b t d | d c j k g q o ?

m m n n n N
n r n
v r
o f v 0 s z \ s z j x y y n h \ h
I l
c + j m
l I / i
Consonants (Non-Pulmonic)
Clicks Voiced implosives Ejectives
O
Bilabial
6
Bilabial
'
Examples:
|
Dental
d
Dental/alveolar
p'
Bilabal
!
(Post)alveolar
I
Palatal
t'
Dental/alveolar
Vowels
The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 2005)
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Consonants (Pulmonic)
Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Plosive
Nasal
Trill
Tap or Flap
Fricative
Lateral
fricative
Approximant
Lateral
approximant
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas
denote articulations judged impossible.
Front Central Back
Close
Close-mid
Open-mid
Open
i y I u m u
i v o
e o e r o
o
c a o n 5

u
a o u o
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Clicks Voiced implosives Ejectives
]
Palatoalveolar
g
Velar
k'
Velar
|
Alveolar
lateral
o
Uvular
s'
Alveolar
fricative
Where symbols appear in pairs,
the one to the right represents a
rounded vowel.
k p ts

Other Symbols
m
Voiceless labial-velar
fricative
c z
Alveolo-palatal fricatives
w
Voiced labial-velar
approximant
I
Alveolar lateral ap
u
Voiced labial-palatal
approximant
Simultaneous \ and x
n
Voiceless epiglottal
fricative
Aricates and double
articulations can be
represented by two
symbols joined by a
tie bar if necessary.
\
Voiced epiglottal fricative
?
Epiglottal plosive
Suprasegmentals
'
Primary stress

Secondary stress
foono'ti\on
:
Long
e:

Half-long
e

Extra short
e
|
Minor (foot) group
|
Major (intonation) group
.
Syllable break
+i.kt

Linking (absence of a break)


Diacritics
Diacritics may be placed above a symbol with a descender, e.g. n

Voiceless
n d
Breathy voiced
b a
Dental
t d

Voiced
s t
Creaky voiced
b a
Apical
t d

Aspirated
t d
Linguolabial
t d
Laminal
t d

More rounded
5 "
Labalized
t" d"
Nasalized
e

Less rounded
5 '
Palatalized
t' d'
Nasal
release
d
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Advanced
u '
Velarized
t' d' '
Lateral
release
d'

Retracted
e `
Pharyngealized
t` d`
No audible
release
d

Centralized
e
Velarized or
pharyngealized
I

Mid-centralized
e
Raised
e
(+ = voiced alveolar
fricative)

Syllabic
n
Lowered
e
( = voiced bilabial
approximant)

Non-syllabic
e
Advanced Tongue
Root
e

Rhoticity
o a
Retracted Tongue
Root
e
Tones and Word Accents
Level Contour

or
1
Extra high

or
l
Rising
1
High
\
Falling
|
Mid

High rising
|
Low
.
Low rising
|
Extra low

Rising-falling
|
Downstep

Global rise

Upstep

Global fall
Updated 2007-10-22: see changelog. Made small correction to tool tips for the level symbols.
This chart requires a Unicode font; for best results, use the Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, or Gentium
Unicode fonts.
You can support this work by purchasing an IPA chart shirt on CafePress or Zazzle (shown left), or
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better yet by donating via PayPal (see link below).
Your comments and corrections are greatly appreciated.
Weston Ruter
2009-10-20
The International Phonetic Association is the copyright owner of the International Phonetic Alphabet and the IPA chart. The code is
copyright 2004-2009, Weston Ruter.
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Insert entities Click on a symbol above to have it inputted below. Enter base characters before diacritics.
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