The following is the 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.

International Phonetic Alphabet, also called IPA, is an alphabet used by linguists to accurately represent the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) in human speech. An essential function is to provide a standard for labeling these phones so linguists can discuss any sound without ambiguity. The first version, IPA chart number 122, was published by the International …

The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020 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 in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech sounds in written form. [1]

The system was created in 1886 and was last updated in 2005. It consists of 107 letters, 52 diacritics, and four prosodic marks. To view the chart, and/or hear the sounds associated with each symbol, please go to our IPA chart with sounds. The IPA is based on the Latin alphabet, but includes some non-Latin characters as well.

The official International Phonetic Alphabet, and its organization in a chart, is maintained by the Association. As noted in our 1999 Handbook (Appendix 4), modifications have always been the result of "members making proposals for changes, which were published in the journal and voted on by the Association's Council" (p. 196). Only changes to the alphabet or chart that have …

Chart. This chart gives a partial system of diaphonemes for English. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values. For the vowels, a separate phonetic value is given for each major dialect, and words used to name corresponding lexical sets are also given. The diaphonemes and lexical sets given here are based on RP and …

The symbol for the Open-mid central rounded vowel is IPA LS Uni 025E; the 2005 chart uses a rotated closed-omega. The Rising-falling tone letter is IPA LS Uni E9B3, a non-Unicode mapping; the 2005 chart uses a combination of a Minor (foot) group and a circumflex.

International Phonetic Alphabet. Below is an IPA chart for received pronunciation, which is generally regarded as the standard accent for British English. IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation using the Latin script. The purpose of IPA is to provide a symbol for every sound for every language and accent.

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.

The following IPA charts are in PDF format. They can be printed or downloaded by clicking on the file name below. IPA Chart DejaVu. Uses the DejaVu Sans font (2015 version) IPA Chart Doulos. Uses the Doulos font (2015 version) IPA Chart Kiel. Uses the Kiel font (2015 version)