International Phonetic Alphabet chart#Vowels

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The following is a chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a complete list of all possible speech sounds in the world's languages, only those about which stand-alone articles exist in this encyclopedia.

Official chart

Vowels

{{see also|IPA vowel chart with audio}}

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Consonants

{{see also|IPA consonant chart with audio}}

=[[Pulmonic consonant]]s=

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=[[Non-pulmonic consonant]]s=

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=[[Co-articulated consonant]]s=

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=Other consonants=

Tones

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|+ Tone registers

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̋}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˥}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜒}}

| Extra-high (top)

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌́}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˦}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜓}}

| High

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̄}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˧}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜔}}

| Mid

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̀}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˨}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜕}}

| Low

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̏}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˩}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜖}}

| Extra-low (bottom)

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ꜜ◌}}

| Downstep

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ꜛ◌}}

| Upstep

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|+Tone contours

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̌}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˩˥}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜖꜒}}

| Rising (low to high)

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̂}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˥˩}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜒꜖}}

| Falling (high to low)

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷄}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˧˥}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜔꜒}}

| High rising

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" |

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˨˦}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜕꜓}}

| Mid rising

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷅}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˩˧}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜖꜔}}

| Low rising

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷇}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˥˧}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜒꜔}}

| High falling

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" |

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˦˨}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜓꜕}}

| Mid falling

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷆}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˧˩}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜔꜖}}

| Low falling

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷈}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˧˥˨, ˨˦˨, ˩˧˩}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜔꜒꜕, ꜕꜓꜕, ꜖꜔꜖}}

| Rising–falling (Peaking)

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌᷉}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|˥˧˥, ˦˨˦, ˧˩˧}}

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|꜒꜔꜒, ꜓꜕꜓, ꜔꜖꜔}}

| Falling–rising (Dipping)

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Auxiliary symbols

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|+ Diacritics

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̥}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̊}}

| Voiceless

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̤}}

| Breathy voiced

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̪}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌͆}}

| Dental

colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̬}}

| Voiced

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̰}}

| Creaky voiced

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̺}}

| Apical

colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ʰ}}

| Aspirated

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̼}}

| Linguolabial

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̻}}

| Laminal

colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̹}}

! colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌͗}}

! colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˒}}

| More rounded

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ʷ}}

| Labialized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̃}}

| Nasalized

colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̜}}

! colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌͑}}

! colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˓}}

| Less rounded

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ʲ}}

| Palatalized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ⁿ}}

| Nasal release

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̟}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˖}}

| Advanced

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ˠ}}

| Velarized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ˡ}}

| Lateral release

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̠}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˗}}

| Retracted

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ˤ}}

| Pharyngealized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̚}}

| No audible release

colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̈}}

| Centralized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̴}}

| Velarized or pharyngealized

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ᵊ}}

| Mid central vowel release

colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̽}}

| Mid-centralized

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̝}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˔}}

| Raised

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ᶿ}}

| Voiceless dental fricative release

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̩}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̍}}

| Syllabic

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̞}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˕}}

| Lowered

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ˣ}}

| Voiceless velar fricative release

colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̯}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̑}}

| Non-syllabic

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̘}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌꭪}}

| Advanced tongue root

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌ʼ}}

| Ejective

colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌˞}}

| Rhoticity

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̙}}

! colspan="3" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌꭫}}

| Retracted tongue root

! colspan="6" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌͡◌
◌͜◌}}

| Affricate or double articulation

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|+ Suprasegmentals

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ˈ}}

| Primary stress

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ˌ}}

| Secondary stress

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ː}}

| Long

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|ˑ}}

| Half-long

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|◌̆}}

| Extra-short

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|{{pipe}}}}

| Minor (foot) group

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|‖}}

| Major (intonation) group

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|.}}

| Syllable break

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|‿}}

| Linking (absence of a break)

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|↗︎}}

| Global rise

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|↘︎}}

| Global fall

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|+ Transcription

! style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|[ ]}}

| Phonetic transcription

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| Phonemic transcription

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| Prosodic notation

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| Indistinguishable utterance

style="font-weight: normal; font-size: x-large;" | {{IPA|⸨ ⸩}}

| Sound obscured

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See also