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Here is a basic key to the symbols of the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]. For the smaller set of symbols that is sufficient for English, see [[Help:IPA/English]]. Several rare IPA symbols are not included; these are found in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|main IPA article]] or on the [[International Phonetic Alphabet chart|extensive IPA chart]]. For the Manual of Style guideline for pronunciation, see [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation]].

For each IPA symbol, an English example is given where possible; here "RP" stands for [[Received Pronunciation]]. The foreign languages that are used to illustrate additional sounds are primarily the ones most likely to be familiar to English speakers: [[French phonology|French]], [[Standard German phonology|Standard German]] and [[Spanish phonology|Spanish]]. For symbols not covered by those, recourse is taken to the populous languages [[Standard Chinese#Phonology|Standard Chinese]], [[Hindustani phonology|Hindustani]], [[Arabic phonology|Arabic]] and [[Russian phonology|Russian]]. For sounds still not covered, other well-analyzed languages are used, such as [[Swahili language#Sounds|Swahili]], [[Zulu language#phonology|Zulu]] and [[Turkish phonology|Turkish]].

The left-hand column displays the individual symbols in square brackets ({{IPAblink|a|audio=y}}). Click on "listen" to hear the sound; click on the symbol itself for a dedicated article with a more complete description and examples from multiple languages. Consonant sounds are spoken once followed by a vowel and once between vowels.

If the characters do not display, you may need to install a supporting font. Free fonts with good IPA support include [[Gentium]] Plus (serif) and [[Andika (typeface)|Andika]] (sans-serif).

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==Main symbols==
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The symbols are arranged by similarity to letters of the [[Latin alphabet]]. Symbols which do not resemble any Latin letter are placed at the end, the others section.

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em"
! Symbol !! Examples !! Description

|- id="A"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> A
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|a|audio=y}}
| Modern RP c'''a'''t, German ''M'''a'''nn'', French ''g'''a'''re''
| The RP vowel is often transcribed with {{angbr IPA|æ}} for historical reasons. For many English speakers, the first part of the ''ow'' sound in ''cow''.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ä|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 他 ''t'''ā''''', American English ''f'''a'''ther'', Spanish ''c'''a'''s'''a''''', French ''p'''a'''tte''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɐ|audio=y}}
| RP ''c'''u'''t'', German ''Kais'''er'''slaut'''er'''n''
| (In transcriptions of English, {{IPA|[ɐ]}} is usually written {{angbr IPA|ʌ}}.)
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɑ|audio=y}}
| RP ''f'''a'''ther,'' French ''p'''â'''te'', Dutch ''b'''a'''d''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɑ̃|audio=Fr-en.ogg}}
| French ''C'''aen''''', ''s'''an'''s'', ''t'''em'''ps''
| Nasalized {{IPA|[ɑ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɒ|audio=y}}
| Canadian English ''l'''o'''t'', Persian {{lang|fa|[[Persian alphabet|ف‍'''‍ا'''رسی]]}} / ''f'''â'''rsi''
| Like {{IPA|[ɑ]}}, but with the lips slightly rounded.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʌ|audio=y}}
| American English ''c'''u'''t''
| Like {{IPA|[ɔ]}}, but without the lips being rounded. (When {{angbr IPA|ʌ}} is used for English, it may really be {{IPA|[ɐ]}} or {{IPA|[ɜ]}}.)
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|æ|audio=y}}
| GA ''c'''a'''t''
|

|- id="B"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> B
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|b|audio=y}}
| English '''''b'''a'''bb'''le''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɓ|audio=y}}
| Swahili '''''b'''wana''
| Like a {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">b</span>]}} said with a gulp. See [[implosive consonant]]s.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|β|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''la '''B'''amba'', Kinyarwanda ''a'''b'''ana'' "children", Korean 무궁화 [muɡuŋβwa̠] ''mugung'''h'''wa''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">b</span>]}}, but with the lips not quite closed.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʙ|audio=y}}
|Nias ''si'''mb'''i'' [siʙi] "lower jaw"
|Sputtering.

|- id="C"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> C
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|c|audio=y}}
| Turkish '''''k'''ebap'' "[[kebab]]", Czech s'''t'''ín "shadow", Greek '''''κ'''αι'' "and"
| Between English '''''t'''une'' (<span class="ltr">RP</span>) and '''''c'''ute.'' Sometimes used instead for {{IPA|[tʃ]}} in languages like Hindi.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ç|audio=y}}
| German ''I'''ch'''''
| More of a [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-coloration (more palatal) than {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">x</span>]}}. Some English speakers have a similar sound in '''''h'''uge''. This sound can be produced by whispering loudly the word "ye" as in "Hear ye!".
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɕ|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 西安 '''''X'''i'an'', Polish '''''ś'''ciana''
| More [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-like than {{IPA|[ʃ]}}; something like English '''''sh'''e.''
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɔ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#O|O]]
|

|- id="D"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> D
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|d|audio=y}}
| English '''''d'''a'''d'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɗ|audio=y}}
| Swahili '''''D'''o'''d'''oma''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">d</span>]}} said with a gulp.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɖ|audio=y}}
| American English ''har'''d'''er''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">d</span>]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ð|audio=y}}
| English '''''th'''e, ba'''th'''e''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|dz|audio=y}}
| English ''a'''dds''''', Italian '''''z'''ero''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|dʒ|audio=y}}
| English '''''j'''u'''dg'''e''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|dʑ|audio=y}}
| [[Polish phonology|Polish]] ''nie'''dź'''wiedź'' "bear"
| Like {{IPA|[dʒ]}}, but with more of a [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-sound.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|dʐ|audio=y}}
| Polish '''''dż'''em'' "jam"
| Like {{IPA|[dʒ]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.

|- id="E"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> E
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|e|audio=y}}
| Scottish English ''d'''ay''''', Australian English ''b'''e'''t'', Spanish ''f'''e''';'' French ''cl'''é''''', German ''Kl'''ee'''''
|Similar to American English ''h'''e'''y'', before the y sets in.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɘ|audio=y}}
| Australian English ''b'''ir'''d''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ə|audio=y}}
| English '''''a'''bove,'' Hindi अब {{IPA|[əb]}} ''(<span class="ltr">ab</span>)'' "now"
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɚ|audio=y}}
| American English ''runn'''er'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɛ|audio=y}}
| British, Irish, North American English ''b'''e'''t'', New Zealand English ''b'''a'''t''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɛ̃|audio=Fr-Un-fr FR-Paris.ogg}}
| French ''S'''ain'''t-Étienne'', ''v'''in''''', ''m'''ain'''''
| Nasalized {{IPA|[ɛ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɜ|audio=y}}
| RP ''b'''ir'''d'' (long)
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɝ|audio=y}}
| American English ''b'''ir'''d''
|

|- id="F"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> F
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|f|audio=y}}
| English '''''f'''un''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɟ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#J|J]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʄ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#J|J]]
|

|- id="G"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> G
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɡ|audio=y}}
| English '''''g'''a'''g'''''
| (Should look like [[file:opentail_g.svg|6px]]. No different from a Latin "g")
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɠ|audio=y}}
| Swahili ''U'''g'''anda''
| Like {{IPA|[ɡ]}} said with a gulp.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɢ|audio=y}}
|
| Like {{IPA|[ɡ]}}, but further back, in the throat. Found in [[Persian phonology|Persian]] and some Arabic dialects for {{IPA|/q/}}, as in ''[[Muammar Gaddafi]].''<!-- Needs verification -->
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʒ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Z|Z]]
| English ''bei'''g'''e.''

|- id="H"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> H
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|h|audio=y}}
| American English '''''h'''ouse''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɦ|audio=y}}
| English ''a'''h'''ead,'' when said quickly.
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʰ|audio=y}}
|
| The extra puff of air in English ''top'' {{IPA|[tʰɒp]}} compared to ''stop'' [stɒp], or to French or Spanish {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">t</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ħ|audio=y}}
| Arabic {{wikt-lang|ar|مُحَمَّد}} ''Mu'''h'''ammad''
| Far down in the throat, like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">h</span>]}}, but stronger.
|-
|<big>{{IPAblink|ʜ}}</big>
|Iraqi Arabic {{Lang|ar|حَي}} [ʜaj] "alive"
|Corresponds to /ħ/ (ح) in Standard Arabic.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɥ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Y|Y]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɮ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#L|L]]
|

|- id="I"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> I
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|i|audio=y}}
| English ''s'''ea''''', French ''v'''i'''lle'', Spanish ''Valladol'''i'''d''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɪ|audio=y}}
| British, Irish, North American English ''s'''i'''t'', New Zealand English ''s'''e'''t''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɨ|audio=y}}
| Russian т'''ы''' "you"
| Often used for unstressed English ''ros'''e'''s.''

|- id="J"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> J
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|j|audio=y}}
| English '''''y'''es, hallelu'''j'''ah,'' German '''''J'''unge''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʲ|audio=y}}
| In Russian '''Л'''е'''н'''ин {{IPA|[ˈlʲenʲɪn]}}
| Indicates a sound is more [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-like.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʝ|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''ca'''y'''o'' (some dialects)
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">j</span>]}}, but stronger.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɟ|audio=y}}
| Turkish '''''g'''ör'' "see", Czech '''d'''íra "hole"
| Between English '''''d'''ew'' (<span class="ltr">RP</span>) and ''ar'''g'''ue.'' Sometimes used instead for {{IPA|[dʒ]}} in languages like Hindi.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʄ|audio=y}}
| Swahili '''''j'''ambo''
| Like {{IPA|[ɟ]}} said with a gulp.

|- id="K"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> K
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|k|audio=y}}
| English '''''k'''i'''ck''''', ''s'''k'''ip''
|

|- id="L"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> L
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|l|audio=y}}
| English '''''l'''eaf''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɫ|audio=y}}
| English ''woo'''l'''''<br>Russian ма'''л'''ый {{IPA|[ˈmɑɫɨj]}} "small"
| "Dark" el.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɬ|audio=y}}
| Welsh '''''ll'''wyd'' {{IPA|[ɬʊɪd]}} "grey"<br>Zulu '''''hl'''ala'' {{IPA|[ɬaːla]}} "sit"
| By touching the roof of mouth with the tongue and giving a quick breath out. Found in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] placenames like '''''Ll'''ango'''ll'''en'' and '''''Ll'''ane'''ll'''i'' and [[Nelson Mandela]]'s Xhosa name ''Roli'''hl'''a'''hl'''a.''
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɭ|audio=y}}
|
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɺ|audio=y}}
|
| A flapped {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}}, like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}} and {{IPA|[ɾ]}} said together.<!--This sound is not found in Japanese, so please don't use that language as an example.-->
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɮ|audio=y}}
| Zulu '''''dl'''a'' "eat"
| Rather like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}} and {{IPA|[ʒ]}}, or {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}} and {{IPA|[ð]}}, said together.
|-
|{{IPAblink|ʟ|audio=y}}
|
|
|- id="M"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> M
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|m|audio=y}}
| English '''''m'''i'''m'''e''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɱ|audio=y}}
| English ''sy'''m'''phony''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">m</span>]}}, but the lips touch the teeth as they do in {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">f</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɯ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#W|W]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʍ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#W|W]]
|

|- id="N"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> N
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|n|audio=y}}
| English '''''n'''u'''n'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ŋ|audio=y}}
| English ''si'''ng''''', Māori '''''ng'''a''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɲ|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''Pe'''ñ'''a,'' French ''champa'''gn'''e''
| Rather like English ''ca'''ny'''on'' ({{IPA|/nj/}} said quickly).
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɳ|audio=y}}
| Hindi वरुण {{IPA|[ʋəruɳ]}} ''Varu'''n'''a''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">n</span>]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɴ|audio=y}}
| Castilian Spanish ''Do'''n''' Juan'' {{IPA|[doɴˈχwan]}}
| Like {{IPA|[ŋ]}}, but further back, in the throat.

|- id="O"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> O
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|o|audio=y}}
| Modern RP, Australian and New Zealand English ''c'''augh'''t'' (long)<br>Spanish ''n'''o''','' French '''''eau''''', German ''B'''o'''den''
| Somewhat reminiscent of American English ''n'''o'''.'' The RP vowel is usually transcribed with {{angbr IPA|ɔː}} for historical reasons.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɔ|audio=y}}
| Modern RP, Australian and New Zealand English ''c'''o'''t''<br>German '''''O'''ldenburg'', French ''Gar'''o'''nne''
| The RP vowel is usually transcribed with {{angbr IPA|ɒ}} for historical reasons.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɔ̃|audio=Fr-on.ogg}}
| French ''Ly'''on''''', ''s'''on'''''
| Nasalized {{IPA|[ɔ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ø|audio=y}}
| New Zealand English ''n'''ur'''se'', French ''f'''eu''''', ''b'''œu'''fs'', German ''G'''oe'''the''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">e</span>]}}, but with the lips rounded like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">o</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɵ|audio=y}}
| Modern RP ''f'''oo'''t'', Dutch ''h'''u'''t'', French ''j'''e''''', Swedish ''d'''u'''m''
| Halfway between {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">o</span>]}} and {{IPA|[ø]}}. Similar to {{IPA|[ʊ]}} but with the tongue slightly more down and front. The RP vowel is typically transcribed with {{angbr IPA|ʊ}}, the Dutch vowel is often transcribed with {{angbr IPA|ʏ}} or {{angbr IPA|œ}}, whereas the French vowel is typically transcribed with {{angbr IPA|ə}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|œ|audio=y}}
| French ''b'''œu'''f'', ''s'''eu'''l'', German ''G'''ö'''ttingen''
| Like {{IPA|[ɛ]}}, but with the lips rounded like {{IPA|[ɔ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|œ̃|audio=Fr-un-fr BE.ogg}}
| French ''br'''un''''', ''parf'''um'''''
| Nasalized {{IPA|[œ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɶ|audio=y}}
| 
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|θ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Others|Others]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɸ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Others|Others]]
|
|- id="P"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> P
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|p|audio=y}}
| English ''pi'''p'''''
|

|- id="Q"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> Q
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|q|audio=y}}
| Arabic {{wikt-lang|ar|قُرْآن}} '''''Q'''ur’ān''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">k</span>]}}, but further back, in the throat.

|- id="R"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> R
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|r|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''pe'''rr'''o,'' Scottish English ''bo'''rr'''ow''
| "Rolled R". (Often used for other rhotics, such as English {{IPA|[ɹ]}}, when there's no ambiguity.)
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɾ|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''pe'''r'''o,'' Tagalog ''dali'''r'''i'', Malay ''kaba'''r''''', American English ''ki'''tt'''y/ki'''dd'''ie''
| "Flapped R".
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʀ|audio=y}}
| Dutch '''''r'''ood'' and German '''''r'''ot'' (some speakers)
| A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɽ|audio=y}}
| [[Urdu]] ساڑی {{IPA|[saːɽiː]}} "saree"
| Like flapped {{IPA|[ɾ]}}, but with the tongue curled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɹ|audio=y}}
| most accents of English ''bo'''rr'''ow''
| <!--This is not the sound or ''run,'' which is [ɹʷ].-->
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɻ|audio=y}}
| Tamil புழு ''Pu'''ḻ'''u'' "Worm", Mandarin 人民日报 '''''R'''énmín '''R'''ìbào'' "People's Daily", American English ''bo'''rr'''ow, butt'''er'''''
| Like {{IPA|[ɹ]}}, but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʁ|audio=y}}
| French ''Pa'''r'''is'', German '''''R'''iemann (some dialects)''
| Said back in the throat, but not trilled.

|- id="S"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> S
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|s|audio=y}}
| English '''''s'''a'''ss'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʃ|audio=y}}
| English '''''sh'''oe''<!--italicized 2008-10-03-->
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʂ|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 少林 ''('''Sh'''àolín)'', Russian Пу'''ш'''кин ''(Pu'''sh'''kin)''
| Acoustically similar to {{IPA|[ʃ]}}, but with the tongue curled or pulled back.<br>

|- id="T"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> T
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|t|audio=y}}
| English ''to'''t''', s'''t'''op''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʈ|audio=y}}
| Hindi टमाटर {{IPA|[ʈəmaːʈəɾ]}} ''('''ṭ'''amā'''ṭ'''ar)'' "tomato"
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">t</span>]}}, but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ts|audio=y}}
| English ''ca'''ts''','' Russian '''ц'''арь '''''ts'''ar''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|tʃ|audio=y}}
| English '''''ch'''ur'''ch'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|tɕ|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 北京 Běi'''j'''īng ({{audio|Zh-Beijing.ogg|listen|help=no}}), Polish '''''ci'''ebie'' "you"
| Like {{IPA|[tʃ]}}, but with more of a [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-sound.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|tʂ|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 真正 '''''zh'''ēn'''zh'''èng'', Polish '''''cz'''as''
| Like {{IPA|[tʃ]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.

|- id="U"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> U
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|u|audio=y}}
| American English ''f'''oo'''d'', French ''v'''ou'''s'' "you", German ''Sch'''u'''macher''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʊ|audio=y}}
| American English ''f'''oo'''t'', German ''B'''u'''ndesrepublik''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʉ|audio=y}}
| Modern RP, Australian English ''f'''oo'''d'' (long)
| Like {{IPA|[ɨ]}}, but with the lips rounded as for {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">u</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɥ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Y|Y]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɯ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#W|W]]
|

|- id="V"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> V
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|v|audio=y}}
| English '''''v'''er'''ve'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʋ|audio=y}}
| Hindi वरुण {{IPA|[ʋəɾʊɳə]}} "Varuna"
| Between {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">v</span>]}} and {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">w</span>]}}. Used by some Germans and Russians for ''v/w'', and by some speakers of British English for ''r''.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɤ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Y|Y]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɣ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#Y|Y]]
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʌ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#A|A]]
|

|- id="W"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> W
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|w|audio=y}}
| English '''''w'''ow''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʷ|audio=y}}
| 
| Indicates a sound has lip rounding, as in English '''''r'''ain'' 
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʍ|audio=y}}
| '''''wh'''at'' (some dialects)
| like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">h</span>]}} and {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">w</span>]}} said together
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɯ|audio=y}}
| Turkish ''kay'''ı'''k'' "caïque", [[Scottish Gaelic]] ''gaol''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">u</span>]}}, but with the lips flat; something like {{IPA|[ʊ]}}.<!--This sound is not found in Japanese, so please don't use that language as an example-->
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɰ|audio=y}}
| Spanish ''a'''gu'''a''
|Like [<span class="ltr">w</span>], but with the lips flat.

|- id="X"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> X
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|x|audio=y}}
| Scottish English ''lo'''ch''''', German ''Ba'''ch''','' Russian '''х'''леб {{IPA|[xlʲep]}} "bread", Spanish '''''j'''oven''
| between {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">k</span>]}} and {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">h</span>]}}
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|χ|audio=y}}
| [[Dutch phonology|northern Standard Dutch]] ''S'''ch'''eveningen'', Castilian Spanish ''Don '''J'''uan'' {{IPA|[doɴˈχwan]}}
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">x</span>]}}, but further back, in the throat. Some German and Arabic speakers have {{IPA|[χ]}} for {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">x</span>]}}.

|- id="Y"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> Y
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|y|audio=y}}
| French ''r'''u'''e'', German ''B'''ü'''low''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">i</span>]}}, but with the lips rounded as for {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">u</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʏ|audio=y}}
| Scottish English ''f'''oo'''t'', German ''D'''ü'''sseldorf''
| Like {{IPA|[ɪ]}}, but with the lips rounded as for {{IPA|[ʊ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɣ|audio=y}}
| Arabic {{wikt-lang|ar|غَالِي}} ''{{transl|ar|ALA|ghālī}}'' and Swahili '''''gh'''ali'' "expensive", Spanish ''sue'''g'''ro''
| Sounds rather like French {{IPA|[ʁ]}} or between {{IPA|[ɡ]}} and {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">h</span>]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɤ|audio=y}}
| Mandarin 河南 ''H'''é'''nán'', [[Scottish Gaelic]] ''taigh''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">o</span>]}} but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of {{IPA|[ʊ]}} and {{IPA|[ʌ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʎ|audio=y}}
| Italian ''ta'''gli'''atelle'', Portuguese ''mu'''lh'''er''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}}, but more [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-like. Rather like English ''vo'''l'''ume.''
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɥ|audio=y}}
| French ''l'''u'''i''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">j</span>]}} and {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">w</span>]}} said together.
|-

|- id="Z"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> Z
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|z|audio=y}}
| English '''''z'''oo''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʒ|audio=y}}
| English ''vi'''si'''on,'' French '''''j'''ournal''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʑ|audio=y}}
| old-styled Russian по'''зж'''е {{IPA|[ˈpoʑːe]}} "later", Polish '''''ź'''le''
| More [<span class="ltr">j</span>]-like than {{IPA|[ʒ]}}, something like ''bei'''ge'''y.''
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʐ|audio=y}}
| Russian '''ж'''ир "fat"
| Like {{IPA|[ʒ]}} with the tongue curled or pulled back.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɮ|audio=y}}
| see under [[#L|L]]
|

|- id="Others"
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;">[[#top|^ top]]</div> Others
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|θ|audio=y}}
| English '''''th'''igh, ba'''th'''''
|
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ɸ|audio=y}}
| Japanese 富士 {{IPA|[ɸɯdʑi]}} '''''F'''uji'', Māori {{IPA|[ˌɸaːɾeːˈnuiː]}} '''''wh'''arenui''
| Like {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">p</span>]}}, but with the lips not quite touching
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʔ|audio=y}}
| English ''uh-oh, Hawai'''‘'''i,'' German ''die Angst''
| The 'glottal stop', a catch in the breath. For some people, found in ''bu'''tt'''on'' {{IPA|[ˈbʌʔn̩]}}, or between vowels across words: ''Deus ex machina'' {{IPA|[ˌdeɪəsˌʔɛksˈmɑːkɪnə]}}; in some nonstandard dialects, in ''a apple'' {{IPA|[əˈʔæpl̩]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʕ|audio=y}}
| Arabic {{wikt-lang|ar|عَرَبِيّ}} ''{{transl|ar|ALA|'''ʻ'''arabī}}'' "Arabic"
| A light, voiced sound deep in the throat, articulated with the root of the tongue against the pharynx (back of the throat).
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ǀ|audio=y}}
| English ''tsk-tsk!'' or ''tut-tut!,'' Zulu ''i'''c'''i'''c'''i'' "earring"
| (The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including {{IPA|[kǀ], [ɡǀ], [ŋǀ]}}. The Zimbabwean MP [[Welshman Ncube|N'''c'''ube]] has this click in his name, as did [[Cetshwayo kaMpande|'''C'''etshwayo]].
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ǁ|audio=y}}
| English ''tchick! tchick!,'' Zulu ''i'''x'''o'''x'''o'' "frog"
| (The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including {{IPA|[kǁ], [ɡǁ], [ŋǁ]}}. Found in the name of the [[Xhosa people|'''X'''hosa]].
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ǃ|audio=y}}
| Zulu ''i'''q'''a'''q'''a'' "polecat"
| (The English click used to imitate the trotting of a horse.) A hollow popping sound, like a cork pulled from a bottle. Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including {{IPA|[kǃ], [ɡǃ], [ŋǃ]}}.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ʘ|audio=y}}
| ǂ’Amkoe '''''ʘ'''oa'' "two"
| Like a kissing sound.
|-
| class="nowrap" style="font-size: 120%;" | {{IPAblink|ǂ|audio=y}}
| Khoekhoe '''''ǂg'''ā-amǃnâ'' [ǂàʔám̀ᵑǃã̀] "to put in the mouth"
|Like an imitation of a chewing sound.
|}

==Marks added to letters==
Several marks can be added above, below, before or after letters. These are here shown on a carrier letter such as the vowel ''a.'' A more complete list is given at {{Section link|International Phonetic Alphabet|Diacritics and prosodic notation}}.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em"
! Symbol !! Example !! Description
|-
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;"></div> Signs above a letter
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Nasal vowel|[ã]]]}}
| French ''vi'''n''' bla'''n'''c'' {{IPA|[vɛ̃ blɑ̃]}} "white wine"
| A [[nasalization|nasal]] vowel, as with a Texas twang
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Central vowel|[ä]]]}}
| Portuguese ''v'''á''''' {{IPA|[vä]}} "go"
| A [[central vowel]] pronounced with the tongue position in the middle of the mouth; neither forward nor back
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Extra-shortness|[ă]]]}}
| English ''p'''o'''lice'' {{IPA|[pə̆ˈliˑs]}}
| An [[extra-short]] speech sound (usually a vowel)
|-
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;"></div> Signs below a letter
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Diphthong|[a̯]]]}}
| English ''co'''w''''' {{IPA|[kʰaʊ̯]}}, ''ko'''i''''' {{IPA|[kʰɔɪ̯]}}
| This vowel does not form a syllable of its own, but runs into the vowel next to it. (In English, the diacritic is generally left off: {{IPA|[kaʊ]}}.)
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Voicelessness|[n̥]]]}}
|English '''''b'''oy'' [b̥ɔɪ̯], '''''d'''oe'' [d̥oʊ̯]
([[Fortis and lenis#Characteristics|see also]])
| Sounds like a loud whisper; {{IPA|[n̥]}} is like a whispered breath through the nose. {{IPA|[l̥]}} is found in Tibetan '''''Lh'''asa.''
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Syllabic consonant|[n̩]]]}}
| English ''butt'''on'''''
| A consonant without a vowel (English {{IPA|[n̩]}} is often transcribed {{IPA|/ən/}}.)
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Dental consonant|[d̪]]]}}
| Spanish '''''d'''os,'' French '''''d'''eux''
| The tongue touches the teeth more than it does in English.
|-
<!-- There is no point in distinguishing left and right, since a user can't tell the difference. -->
! colspan="3" | <div style="font-weight: normal; float: right;"></div> Signs next to a letter
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Aspirated consonant|[kʰ]]]}}
| English '''''c'''ome''
| Aspirated consonant, pronounced with a puff of air. Similarly {{IPA|[tʰ pʰ tsʰ tʃʰ tɕʰ]}}.
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Ejective consonant|[k’]]]}}
| Zulu ''u'''k'''uza'' "come"
| Ejective. Like a popped {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">k</span>]}}, pushed from the throat. Similarly {{IPA|[tʼ pʼ qʼ tʃʼ tsʼ tɬʼ]}}.
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Length (phonetics)|[aː]]]}}
| English ''shh!'' {{IPA|[ʃː]}}
| Long. Often used with English vowels or diphthongs: ''Mayo'' {{IPA|/ˈmeːoː/}} for {{IPA|[ˈmeɪ̯ɜʊ̯]}}, ''etc.''
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Length (phonetics)|[aˑ]]]}}
| RP ''caught'' {{IPA|[ˈkʰoˑt]}}
| Semi-long. (Although the vowel is different, this is also longer than ''cot'' {{IPA|[ˈkʰɔt]}}.)
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Stress (linguistics)|[ˈa]]]}}
| rowspan="2" | ''pronunciation''<br>{{IPA|[pɹ̥əʊ̯ˌnɐnsiˈeɪʃn̩]}}
| Main stress. The mark denotes the stress of the ''following'' syllable.
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Secondary stress|[ˌa]]]}}
| Weaker stress. The mark denotes the stress of the ''following'' syllable.
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-size:120%" | {{IPA|[[Syllable|[.]]]}}
| English ''courtship'' {{IPA|[ˈkʰɔrt.ʃɪp]}}
| [[Syllable]] break (this is often redundant and therefore left off)
|}

==Brackets==

Two types of brackets are commonly used to enclose transcriptions in the IPA:
*/Slashes/ indicate sounds that are distinguished as the basic units of words in a language by native speakers; these are called [[phoneme]]s. Changing the symbols between these slashes would either change the identity of the word or produce nonsense. For example, since there is no meaningful difference to a native speaker between the two sounds written with the letter L in the word ''lulls,'' they are considered the same phoneme, and so, using slashes, they are given the same symbol in IPA: {{IPA|/ˈlʌlz/}}. Similarly, Spanish ''la bamba'' is transcribed phonemically with two instances of the same ''b'' sound, {{IPA|/la ˈbamba/}}, despite the fact that they sound different to a speaker of English. Thus a reader who is not familiar with the language in question might not know how to interpret these transcriptions more narrowly.
*[Square brackets] indicate the narrower or more detailed [[phonetics|phonetic]] qualities of a pronunciation, not taking into account the norms of the language to which it belongs; therefore, such transcriptions do not regard whether subtly different sounds in the pronunciation are actually noticeable or distinguishable to a native speaker of the language. Within square brackets is what a foreigner who does not know the structure of a language might hear as discrete units of sound. For instance, the English word ''lulls'' may be pronounced in a particular dialect more specifically as {{IPA|[ˈlɐɫz]}}, with different L sounds at the beginning and end. This may be obvious to speakers of languages that differentiate between the sounds {{IPA|[<span class="ltr">l</span>]}} and {{IPA|[ɫ]}}. Likewise, Spanish ''la bamba'' (pronounced without a pause) has two different B sounds to the ears of foreigners or linguists—{{IPA|[la ˈβamba]}}—though a native Spanish speaker might not be able to hear it. Omitting or adding such detail does not make a difference to the identity of the word, but helps to give a more precise pronunciation.
*{{Template://|Double slashes}} indicate [[diaphoneme]]s. For example, some speakers pronounce ''dune'' as {{IPA|/djuːn/}} with a distinct {{IPA|/j/}}, others {{IPA|/duːn/}} as if spelled ''doon'', and even others {{IPA|/dʒuːn/}} like ''June''. This is predictable where the historical pronunciation is {{IPA|/dj/}} preceded by {{IPA|/uː/}}—the second group of speakers invariably drop the {{IPA|/j/}}, and the third group invariably turn it into {{IPA|/dʒ/}}—and it can be cumbersome to write down all three possibilities every time such a sequence is found. So the diaphonemic notation {{IPA //|dj}} serves as a shorthand for "{{IPA|/dj/}} for traditional speakers, {{IPA|/d/}} for those who drop {{IPA|/j/}} between historical {{IPA|/d/}} and {{IPA|/uː/}}, and {{IPA|/dʒ/}} for those who turn it into {{IPA|/dʒ/}} in such a context".

A fourth kind of bracket is occasionally seen:
*|Pipes| (or occasionally other conventions) show that the enclosed sounds are theoretical constructs that are not actually heard. (This is part of [[morphophonology]].) For instance, most phonologists argue that the ''-s'' at the ends of verbs, which surfaces as either {{IPA|/s/}} in ''talks'' {{IPA|/tɔːks/}} or as {{IPA|/z/}} in ''lulls'' {{IPA|/lʌlz/}}, has a single underlying form. If they decide this form is an ''s'', they would write it {{IPA|{{pipe}}s{{pipe}}}} to claim that phonemic {{IPA|/tɔːks/}} and {{IPA|/lʌlz/}} are essentially {{IPA|{{pipe}}tɔːks{{pipe}}}} and {{IPA|{{pipe}}lʌls{{pipe}}}} underneath. If they were to decide it was essentially the latter, {{IPA|{{pipe}}z{{pipe}}}}, they would transcribe these words {{IPA|{{pipe}}tɔːkz{{pipe}}}} and {{IPA|{{pipe}}lʌlz{{pipe}}}}.

Lastly,
*{{angbr|Angle brackets}} are used to set off [[orthography]], as well as [[transliteration]] from non-Latin scripts. Thus {{angbr|lulls}}, {{angbr|la bamba}}, the letter {{angbr|a}}. Angle brackets are not supported by all fonts, so a template {{tl|angle bracket}} (shortcut {{tl|angbr}}) is used to ensure maximal compatibility. (Comment there if you are having problems.)

==Rendering issues==
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IPA [[typeface]] support is increasing, and is now included in several typefaces such as the [[Times New Roman]] versions that come with various recent computer [[operating systems]]. [[Diacritic|Diacritics]] are not always properly rendered, however. IPA typefaces that are freely available online include [[Gentium]], several from the [[Summer Institute of Linguistics|SIL]] (such as [[Charis SIL]], and [[Doulos SIL]]), [[Dehuti]], [[DejaVu fonts|DejaVu Sans]], and [[Bitstream Cyberbit|TITUS Cyberbit]], which are all [[Free software Unicode typefaces|freely available]]; as well as commercial typefaces such as Brill, available from [[Brill Publishers]], and [[Lucida Sans Unicode]] and [[Arial Unicode MS]], shipping with various [[Microsoft]] products. These all include several ranges of characters in addition to the IPA. Modern [[Web browser]]s generally do not need any configuration to display these symbols, provided that a typeface capable of doing so is available to the operating system.

Particularly, the following symbols may be shown improperly depending on your font:

{| class="wikitable"
! Symbol
! IPA/Unicode values
! Correct
! Incorrect
! Affected fonts
! Test
! style="width: 8em;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ɧ}}}}
| [[{{IPA symbol|ɧ}}|''Sj''-sound]]<br>{{unichar|0267}}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Sj sound (vector).svg|x40px|class=skin-invert]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Latin small letter h with hook and tail.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert]]
| [[Helvetica]] on Apple devices
| {{collapse|{{MFSample|ɧ}}|Test}}
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ɪ}}}}
| [[{{IPA symbol|ɪ}}]]<br>{{unichar|026A}}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Highway gothic font letter small capital i.png|x30px|class=skin-invert]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Highway gothic font dotless i letter.png|x30px|class=skin-invert]]
| Some sans-serif fonts
| {{collapse|{{MFSample|ɪ}}|Test}}
| Largely fixed since [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0250.pdf explicitly proscribed] in Unicode 10.0 (2017).
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ɶ}}}}
| [[{{IPA symbol|ɶ}}]]<br>{{unichar|0276}}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Open front rounded vowel (vector).svg|x40px|class=skin-invert]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Open-mid front rounded vowel (vector).svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=œ]]
| [[Helvetica]] on Apple devices
| {{collapse|{{MFSample|ɶ}}|Test}}
| [https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2052346]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ʁ}}}}
| [[{{IPA symbol|ʁ}}]]<br>{{unichar|0281}}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:IPA Unicode 0x0281.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:IPA Unicode 0x1D1A.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ᴚ]]
| [[San Francisco (sans-serif typeface)|San Francisco]]
| {{collapse|{{MFSample|ʁ}}|Test}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|χ}}}}
| rowspan="2" | [[{{IPA symbol|χ}}]]<br>{{unichar|03C7}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Greek lc chi icon.svg|x20px|class=skin-invert]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:IPA Unicode 0x0078.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=x]]
| [[Roboto]]
| rowspan="2" | {{collapse|{{MFSample|χ}}|Test}}
| [https://github.com/googlefonts/roboto/issues/18 Fixed] in 2017.
|-
| [[Trebuchet MS]]
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ˈ}}}}
| [[Primary stress]]<br>{{unichar|02C8}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 60px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">[[File:IPA Unicode 0x02C8.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ˈ]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:IPA Unicode 0x030D.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌̍]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Tahoma (typeface)|Tahoma]]
| rowspan="4" | {{collapse|{{MFSample|ˈ◌ ˌ◌ ː◌ ˑ◌}}|Test}}
| rowspan="4" | The length marks denote elongation of the previous segment. The placeholder here just stands for a following character.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ˌ}}}}
| [[Secondary stress]]<br>{{unichar|02CC}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 60px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">[[File:IPA Unicode 0x02CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ˌ]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:IPA Unicode 0x0329.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌̩]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ː}}}}
| [[Length (phonetics)|Long]]<br>{{unichar|02D0}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 60px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">[[File:Length sign.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ː]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 40px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: -5px;">[[File:Length sign.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ː overlaid]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | {{big|{{IPA|ˑ}}}}
| [[Half-long]]<br>{{unichar|02D1}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 60px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">[[File:IPA Unicode 0x02D1.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ˑ]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
| style="text-align: center;" | <div style="position: relative; width: 40px; height: 40px; margin: auto;"><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: -5px;">[[File:IPA Unicode 0x02D1.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=ˑ overlaid]]</span><span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">[[File:Unicode 0x25CC.svg|x40px|class=skin-invert|alt=◌]]</span></div>
|}

Registered users can specify their own font for IPA text by editing [[Special:MyPage/common.css|their user stylesheet]]. They can also edit [[meta:Special:MyPage/global.css|their global stylesheet]], which works across all Wikimedia projects. For instance, the following code would cause IPA to be displayed in the font [[Charis SIL]]:
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">
.IPA {
 font-family: "Charis SIL";
}</syntaxhighlight>

==Computer input using on-screen keyboard==
Online IPA keyboard utilities are available and they cover a range of IPA symbols and diacritics:
*[https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html IPA i-charts (2018)]
*[https://r12a.github.io/pickers/ipa/ IPA character picker]
*[http://ipa.typeit.org/full/ TypeIt.org]
*[https://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/ IPA Chart Keyboard]

For [[iOS]] there are free IPA keyboard layouts, e.g. [https://apps.apple.com/de/app/ipa-phonetic-keyboard/id1440241497 IPA Phonetic Keyboard].

==See also==
*[[Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet]]
*[[Diphthong#Diphthongs in various languages|IPA charts for diphthongs in various languages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation)#Entering IPA characters]]

==External links==
*[https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html Official interactive IPA chart with letter descriptions, audio, and input assist] {{spoken}}
*[http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm IPA pronunciation chart with audio] {{spoken}}
*[https://sail.usc.edu/span/rtmri_ipa/ MRI videos of production of the sounds of the IPA charts] {{spoken}}
*[https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/ipa-charts/ Ultrasound and MRI videos of production of the sounds of the IPA charts] {{spoken}}
*[http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/blogs/gotunicode/2008/09/getting-jaws-61-to-recognize-e.html Getting JAWS 6.1 to recognize "exotic" Unicode symbols] – for help on getting the [[screen reader]] [[JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]] to read IPA symbols
*[http://ipa-reader.xyz/ IPA Reader] – web-based IPA synthesizer using [[Amazon Polly]]
**[[User:IagoQnsi/ipareader]] – user script using IPA Reader
*[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikipedia-ipa-speaker/jkgihpigffcfeebgedpklldebdibbnne Wikipedia IPA Speaker] – Chrome extension

{{IPA keys}}
{{IPA navigation}}

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