International Phonetic Alphabet

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International Phonetic Alphabet A compact reference chart generated with Racket. Pulmonic consonants Where symbols appear in pairs, the left one is voiceless and the right one is voiced. Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal Plosive Play IPA p b p b Play IPA t d t d Play IPA ʈ ɖ ʈ ɖ Play IPA c ɟ c ɟ Play IPA k ɡ k ɡ Play IPA q ɢ q ɢ Play IPA ʔ ʔ Nasal Play IPA m m Play IPA ɱ ɱ Play IPA n n Play IPA ɳ ɳ Play IPA ɲ ɲ Play IPA ŋ ŋ Play IPA ɴ ɴ Trill Play IPA ʙ ʙ Play IPA r r Play IPA ʀ ʀ Tap or flap Play IPA ɾ ɾ Play IPA ɽ ɽ Fricative Play IPA ɸ β ɸ β Play IPA f v f v Play IPA θ ð θ ð Play IPA s z s z Play IPA ʃ ʒ ʃ ʒ Play IPA ʂ ʐ ʂ ʐ Play IPA ç ʝ ç ʝ Play IPA x ɣ x ɣ Play IPA χ ʁ χ ʁ Play IPA ħ ʕ ħ ʕ Play IPA h ɦ h ɦ Lateral fricative Play IPA ɬ ɮ ɬ ɮ Approximant Play IPA ʋ ʋ Play IPA ɹ ɹ Play IPA ɻ ɻ Play IPA j j Play IPA ɰ ɰ Lateral approximant Play IPA l l Play IPA ɭ ɭ Play IPA ʎ ʎ Play IPA ʟ ʟ Non-pulmonic consonants Class Symbol Implosive Place / note Clicks Play IPA ʘ ʘ Play IPA ɓ ɓ Bilabial Clicks Play IPA ǀ ǀ Play IPA ɗ ɗ Dental/alveolar Clicks Play IPA ǃ ǃ Play IPA ʄ ʄ Postalveolar Clicks Play IPA ǂ ǂ Play IPA ɠ ɠ Palatoalveolar Clicks Play IPA ǁ ǁ Play IPA ʛ ʛ Lateral Ejectives Play IPA pʼ Examples: pʼ tʼ kʼ sʼ Other useful IPA marks Coarticulated Play IPA ʍ w ɥ ɧ ʍ w ɥ ɧ Affricates Play IPA ts dz tʃ dʒ ts dz tʃ dʒ Length ː ˑ Stress ˈ ˌ Tone examples ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ Vowels Left symbol: unrounded. Right symbol: rounded. Front Central Back Close Close-mid Open-mid Open Play IPA i i Play IPA y y Play IPA ɨ ɨ Play IPA ʉ ʉ Play IPA ɯ ɯ Play IPA u u Play IPA ɪ ɪ Play IPA ʏ ʏ Play IPA ʊ ʊ Play IPA e e Play IPA ø ø Play IPA ɘ ɘ Play IPA ɵ ɵ Play IPA ɤ ɤ Play IPA o o Play IPA ɛ ɛ Play IPA œ œ Play IPA ɜ ɜ Play IPA ɞ ɞ Play IPA ʌ ʌ Play IPA ɔ ɔ Play IPA æ æ Play IPA a a Play IPA ɶ ɶ Play IPA ɑ ɑ Play IPA ɒ ɒ