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International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association, starting in the late 19th century, as a standard written representation for the sounds of speech. The IPA is used by linguists, lexicographers, foreign language students and…

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Child systems
IPA Braille, ExtIPA
Languages
Used for phonetic and phonemic transcription of any oral language
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic A… · Phoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet · Greek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet · Latin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet · Lepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet
Period
1888–present
Script type
Alphabet – partially featural
Unicode range
See Phonetic symbols in Unicode § Unicode blocks

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Overview

History

Description

Modifying the IPA chart

Usage

Letters

Consonants

Vowels

Diacritics and prosodic notation

Brackets and transcription delimiters

Ambiguous letters

Superscript letters

Obsolete and nonstandard symbols

Extensions

Associated notation

Segments without letters

Symbol names

Computer support

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International Phonetic Alphabet

Nodes313
Edges312
Triples123
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00639
Components1

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International Phonetic Alphabet

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see also · 29
International Phonetic Alphabet → Afroasiatic, Alphabet, Arabic, ASCII, ASCIISemyon Novgorodov, Branch, Canepari, Deprecated, Disordered, English, Iberian, Indic, IPA, IPA-based Yakut, Italian, LaTeXUAI, Phonetic, Phonetic Alphabet, Quality Symbols, Remapping
related to Extensions · 17
International Phonetic Alphabet → At, Disordered Speech, Extended IPA, Extensions, Group, ICPLA, In, International Phonetic Association, IPA, Journal, Kiel Convention, Phonetic Representation, PRDS, The, The Extensions, Voice Quality Symbols, While
related to Letter forms · 13
International Phonetic Alphabet → Arabic, English, European, For, Greek, Hence, IPA, Latin, Of, Some, The, The Association, The International Phonetic Alphabet
related to Modifying the IPA chart · 13
International Phonetic Alphabet → After, Association, August, Council, December, IPA, Journal, Not, Reactions, See, See History, The, The International Phonetic Alphabet
Parent systems · 8
International Phonetic Alphabet → Greek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, Latin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet, Lepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet, Palaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet, Phoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet, Proto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic A…, Romic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet
Child systems · 1
International Phonetic Alphabet → IPA Braille, ExtIPA
Languages · 1
International Phonetic Alphabet → Used for phonetic and phonemic transcription of any oral language
Period · 1
International Phonetic Alphabet → 1888–present
Script type · 1
International Phonetic Alphabet → Alphabet – partially featural
Unicode range · 1
International Phonetic Alphabet → See Phonetic symbols in Unicode § Unicode blocks

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Important terminology

ipa letters diacritics may used tone symbols diacritic unicode phonetic letter transcription sounds english chart language example alphabet extipa vowel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
International Phonetic AlphabetChild systemsIPA Braille, ExtIPA1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetLanguagesUsed for phonetic and phonemic transcription of any oral language1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsProto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic A…1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsPhoenician alphabetGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsGreek alphabetLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsLatin scriptLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsLepsius Standard AlphabetPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsPalaeotype alphabet, English Phonotypic AlphabetRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsRomic alphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetParent systemsInternational Phonetic Alphabet1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetPeriod1888–present1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetScript typeAlphabet – partially featural1.00infobox
International Phonetic AlphabetUnicode rangeSee Phonetic symbols in Unicode § Unicode blocks1.00infobox

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