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IPA Chart
Interactive IPA Chart
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a set of symbols that linguists use to describe the sounds of spoken languages.
This page lets you hear the sounds that the symbols represent, but remember that it is only a rough guide. There is lots of variation in how these sounds are said depending on the language and context. For example, in English voiceless plosives usually end with a puff of air called aspiration, but the voiceless plosives on this page aren't aspirated.
Choose a symbol to hear the sound it represents.
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Vowels
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel.
Front
Central
Back
Close
Close-mid
Open-mid
Open
iy
ɨʉ
ɯu
ɪʏ
ʊ
eø
ɘɵ
ɤo
ə
ɛœ
ɜɞ
ʌɔ
æ
ɐ
aɶ
ɑɒ
Pulmonic consonants
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant.
Areas shaded grey indicate articulations judged impossible.
Bilabial
Labiodental
Dental
Alveolar
Post alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Glottal
Plosive
p
b
t
d
ʈ
ɖ
c
ɟ
k
g
q
ɢ
ʔ
Nasal
m
ɱ
n
ɳ
ɲ
ŋ
ɴ
Trill
ʙ
r
ʀ
Tap or Flap
ⱱ
ɾ
ɽ
Fricative
ɸ
β
f
v
θ
ð
s
z
ʃ
ʒ
ʂ
ʐ
ç
ʝ
x
ɣ
χ
ʁ
ħ
ʕ
h
ɦ
Lateral Fricative
ɬ
ɮ
Approximant
ʋ
ɹ
ɻ
j
ɰ
Lateral Approximant
l
ɭ
ʎ
ʟ
Non-pulmonic consonants
Clicks
Voiced implosives
Ejectives
ʘ Bilabial
ɓ Bilabial
pʼ Bilabial
ǀ Dental
ɗ Dental/alveolar
tʼ Dental/alveolar
ǃ (Post)alveoalar
ʄ Palatal
kʼ Velar
ǂ Palatoalveolar
ɠ Velar
sʼ Alveolar fricative
ǁ Alveolar lateral
ʛ Uvular
ʼetc…
Other symbols
ʍ Voiceless labial-velar fricative
w Voiced labial-velar approximant
ɥ Voiced labial-palatal approximant
ʜ Voiceless epiglottal fricative
ʢ Voiced epiglottal fricative
ʡ Epiglottal plosive
ɕ Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
ʑ Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
ɺ Alveolar lateral flap
ɧ Simultaneous ʃ and x
Affricates
t͡s Voiceless alveolar affricate
t͡ʃ Voiceless palato-alveolar affricate
t͡ɕ Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
ʈ͡ʂ Voiceless retroflex affricate
d͡z Voiced alveolar affricate
d͡ʒ Voiced post-alveolar affricate
d͡ʑ Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
ɖ͡ʐ Voiceless retroflex affricate
Each audio clip is the work of Peter Isotalo, User:Denelson83, UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive 2003, User:Halibutt, User:Pmx or User:Octane, and made available under a free and/or copyleft licence. For details on the licensing and attribution requirements of a particular clip, browse to it from the general phonetics page at the Wikimedia Commons. Vowel trapezoid background by User:Denelson83; see File:Blank vowel trapezoid.png on Wikimedia Commons for details.