User:MeritedElm63160/IPA

The latest official IPA chart, revised to 2020

Here is a basic key to the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Several rare IPA symbols are not included. These IPA symbols are found in the main IPA article.  

Contents:	Top – 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Main symbols

Symbol	Examples
^ top A
[a] (listen)	German Mann, French gare
[ä] (listen)	Mandarin 他 tā, American English father, Spanish casa, French patte
[ɐ] (listen)	RP cut, German Kaiserslautern
[ɑ] (listen)	RP father, French pâte, Dutch bad
[ɑ̃] (listen)	French Caen, sans, temps
[ɒ] (listen)	RP cot
[ʌ] (listen)	American English cut
[æ] (listen)	RP cat
^ top B
[b] (listen)	English babble
[ɓ] (listen)	Swahili bwana
[β] (listen)	Spanish la Bamba, Kinyarwanda abana "children", Korean 무궁화 [muɡuŋβwa̠] mugunghwa
[ʙ] (listen)	Nias simbi [siʙi] "lower jaw"
^ top C
[c] (listen)	Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow", Greek και "and"
[ç] (listen)	German Ich
[ɕ] (listen)	Mandarin 西安 Xi'an, Polish ściana
[ɔ] (listen)	see under O
^ top D
[d] (listen)	English dad
[ɗ] (listen)	Swahili Dodoma
[ɖ] (listen)	American English harder
[ð] (listen)	English the, bathe
[dz] (listen)	English adds, Italian zero
[dʒ] (listen)	English judge
[dʑ] (listen)	Polish niedźwiedź "bear"
[dʐ] (listen)	Polish dżem "jam"
^ top E
[e] (listen)	Spanish fe; French clé, German Klee
[ɘ] (listen)	Australian English bird
[ə] (listen)	English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief"
[ɚ] (listen)	American English runner
[ɛ] (listen)	English bet
[ɛ̃] (listen)	French Saint-Étienne, vin, main
[ɜ] (listen)	RP bird (long)
[ɝ] (listen)	American English bird
^ top F
[f] (listen)	English fun
[ɟ] (listen)	see under J
[ʄ] (listen)	see under J
^ top G
[ɡ] (listen)	English gag
[ɠ] (listen)	Swahili Uganda
[ɢ] (listen)
[ʒ] (listen)	see under Z
^ top H
[h] (listen)	American English house
[ɦ] (listen)	English ahead, when said quickly.
[ʰ]
[ħ] (listen)	Arabic ‏مُحَمَّد‎ Muhammad
[ɥ] (listen)	see under Y
[ɮ] (listen)	see under L
^ top I
[i] (listen)	English sea, French ville, Spanish Valladolid
[ɪ] (listen)	English sit
[ɨ] (listen)	Russian ты "you"
^ top J
[j] (listen)	English yes, hallelujah, German Junge
[ʲ]	In Russian Ленин [ˈlʲenʲɪn]
[ʝ] (listen)	Spanish cayo (some dialects)
[ɟ] (listen)	Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole"
[ʄ] (listen)	Swahili jambo
^ top K
[k] (listen)	English kick, skip
^ top L
[l] (listen)	English leaf
[ɫ] (listen)	English wool Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small"
[ɬ] (listen)	Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey" Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit"
[ɭ] (listen)
[ɺ] (listen)
[ɮ] (listen)	Zulu dla "eat"
[ʟ] (listen)
^ top M
[m] (listen)	English mime
[ɱ] (listen)	English symphony
[ɯ] (listen)	see under W
[ʍ] (listen)	see under W
^ top N
[n] (listen)	English nun
[ŋ] (listen)	English sing, Māori nga
[ɲ] (listen)	Spanish Peña, French champagne
[ɳ] (listen)	Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] Varuna
[ɴ] (listen)	Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan]
^ top O
[o] (listen)	Spanish no, French eau, German Boden
[ɔ] (listen)	German Oldenburg, French Garonne
[ɔ̃] (listen)	French Lyon, son
[ø] (listen)	French feu, bœufs, German Goethe
[ɵ] (listen)	Dutch hut, French je, Swedish dum
[œ] (listen)	French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen
[œ̃] (listen)	French brun, parfum
[ɶ] (listen)
[θ] (listen)	see under Others
[ɸ] (listen)	see under Others
^ top P
[p] (listen)	English pip
^ top Q
[q] (listen)	Arabic ‏قُرْآن‎ Qur’ān
^ top R
[r] (listen)	Spanish perro, Scots borrow
[ɾ] (listen)	Spanish pero, Tagalog daliri, Malay kabar, American English kitty/kiddie
[ʀ] (listen)	Dutch rood and German rot (some speakers)
[ɽ] (listen)	Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari"
[ɹ] (listen)	RP borrow
[ɻ] (listen)	Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", American English borrow, butter
[ʁ] (listen)	French Paris, German Riemann (some dialects)
^ top S
[s] (listen)	English sass
[ʃ] (listen)	English shoe
[ʂ] (listen)	Mandarin 少林 (Shàolín), Russian Пушкин (Pushkin)
^ top T
[t] (listen)	English tot, stop
[ʈ] (listen)	Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief"
[ts] (listen)	English cats, Russian царь tsar
[tʃ] (listen)	English church
[tɕ] (listen)	Mandarin 北京 Běijīng (listen ), Polish ciebie "you"
[tʂ] (listen)	Mandarin 真正 zhēnzhèng, Polish czas
^ top U
[u] (listen)	American English food, French vous "you", German Schumacher
[ʊ] (listen)	English foot, German Bundesrepublik
[ʉ] (listen)	Australian English food (long)
[ɥ] (listen)	see under Y
[ɯ] (listen)	see under W
^ top V
[v] (listen)	English verve
[ʋ] (listen)	Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳə] "Varuna"
[ɤ] (listen)	see under Y
[ɣ] (listen)	see under Y
[ʌ] (listen)	see under A
^ top W
[w] (listen)	English wow
[ʷ]
[ʍ] (listen)	what (some dialects)
[ɯ] (listen)	Turkish kayık "caïque", Scottish Gaelic gaol
[ɰ] (listen)	Spanish agua
^ top X
[x] (listen)	Scottish English loch, German Bach, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good", Spanish joven
[χ] (listen)	northern Standard Dutch Scheveningen, Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan]
^ top Y
[y] (listen)	French rue, German Bülow
[ʏ] (listen)	German Düsseldorf
[ɣ] (listen)	Arabic ‏غَالِي‎ ghālī and Swahili ghali "expensive", Spanish suegro
[ɤ] (listen)	Mandarin 河南 Hénán, Scottish Gaelic taigh
[ʎ] (listen)	Italian tagliatelle
[ɥ] (listen)	French lui
^ top Z
[z] (listen)	English zoo
[ʒ] (listen)	English vision, French journal
[ʑ] (listen)	old-styled Russian позже [ˈpoʑːe] "later", Polish źle
[ʐ] (listen)	Russian жир "fat"
[ɮ] (listen)	see under L
^ top Others
[θ] (listen)	English thigh, bath
[ɸ] (listen)	Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] Fuji, Māori [ˌɸaːɾeːˈnuiː] wharenui
[ʔ] (listen)	English uh-oh, Hawai‘i, German die Angst
[ʕ] (listen)	Arabic ‏عَرَبِيّ‎ ʻarabī "Arabic"
[ǀ] (listen)	English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring"
[ǁ] (listen)	English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog"
[ǃ] (listen)	Zulu iqaqa "polecat"
[ʘ] (listen)	ǂ’Amkoe ʘoa "two"
[ǂ] (listen)	Khoekhoe ǂgā-amǃnâ [ǂàʔám̀ᵑǃã̀] "to put in the mouth"

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