This page is a chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic symbols. These are created and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a full list of every single sound that is in every language.
Official chart
Vowels
Consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Non-pulmonic consonants
| IPA: Non-pulmonic consonants
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Gray areas are sounds which are impossible.
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Co-articulated consonants
Other consonants
Tones
Tone registers
| ◌̋
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˥
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꜒
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Extra-high (top)
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| ◌́
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˦
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꜓
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High
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| ◌̄
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˧
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꜔
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Mid
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| ◌̀
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˨
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꜕
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Low
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| ◌̏
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˩
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꜖
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Extra-low (bottom)
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| ꜜ◌
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Downstep
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| ꜛ◌
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Upstep
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Tone contours
| ◌̌
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˩˥
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꜖꜒
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Rising (low to high)
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| ◌̂
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˥˩
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꜒꜖
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Falling (high to low)
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| ◌᷄
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˧˥
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꜔꜒
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High rising
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˨˦
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꜕꜓
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Mid rising
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| ◌᷅
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˩˧
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꜖꜔
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Low rising
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| ◌᷇
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˥˧
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꜒꜔
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High falling
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˦˨
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꜓꜕
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Mid falling
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| ◌᷆
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˧˩
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꜔꜖
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Low falling
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| ◌᷈
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˧˥˨, ˨˦˨, ˩˧˩
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꜔꜒꜕, ꜕꜓꜕, ꜖꜔꜖
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Rising–falling (Peaking)
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| ◌᷉
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˥˧˥, ˦˨˦, ˧˩˧
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꜒꜔꜒, ꜓꜕꜓, ꜔꜖꜔
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Falling–rising (Dipping)
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Auxiliary symbols
Suprasegmentals
| ˈ
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Primary stress
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| ˌ
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Secondary stress
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| ː
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Long
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| ˑ
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Half-long
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| ◌̆
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Extra-short
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Minor (foot) group
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| ‖
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Major (intonation) group
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| .
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Syllable break
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| ‿
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Linking (absence of a break)
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| ↗︎
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Global rise
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| ↘︎
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Global fall
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Transcription
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Phonetic transcription
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Phonemic transcription
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Prosodic notation
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Indistinguishable utterance
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Sound obscured
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Pulmonic consonants
Non-pulmonic consonants
| IPA: Non-pulmonic consonants
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Gray areas are sounds which are impossible.
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