THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (revised to 2015)

CONSONANTS (PULMONIC) © 2015 IPA

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal Nasal Trill Tap or Flap Lateral fricative Lateral approximant Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.

CONSONANTS (NON-PULMONIC)

Clicks Voiced implosives Ejectives Front Central Back Close Bilabial Bilabial Examples:

Dental Dental/alveolar Bilabial Close-mid (Post)alveolar Palatal Dental/alveolar

Palatoalveolar Velar Velar Open-mid Alveolar lateral Uvular Alveolar fricative

OTHER SYMBOLS Open Voiceless labial-velar fricative Alveolo-palatal Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded . Voiced labial-velar approximant Voiced alveolar lateral flap

Voiced labial-palatal approximant Simultaneous and SUPRASEGMENTALS

Voiceless epiglottal fricative Primary stress and double articulations Voiced epiglottal fricative can be represented by two symbols Secondary stress joined by a tie if necessary. Epiglottal plosive Long

Half-long DIACRITICS Some diacritics may be placed above a symbol with a descender, e.g. Extra-short Voiceless Breathy voiced Dental Minor (foot) group Voiced Creaky voiced Apical Major (intonation) group Aspirated Linguolabial Laminal Syllable break More rounded Labialized Nasalized Linking (absence of a break)

Less rounded Palatalized TONES AND WORD ACCENTS Advanced Velarized Lateral release LEVEL CONTOUR Extra Retracted Pharyngealized No audible release or high or Rising High Falling Centralized Velarized or pharyngealized High Mid rising Mid-centralized Raised ( = voiced alveolar fricative) Low Low rising Syllabic Lowered ( = voiced bilabial approximant) Extra Rising- low falling Non-syllabic Advanced Tongue Root Downstep Global rise Rhoticity Retracted Tongue Root Upstep Global fall

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