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VOWELS

  Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i • y ɨ • ʉ ɯ • u
Near-Close ɪ ʏ ʊ
Close-mid e • ø ɘ • ɵ ɤ • o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ • œ ɜ • ɞ ʌ • ɔ
Near-Open æ ɐ
Open a • ä ɑ • ɒ
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel.

PULMONIC CONSONANTS

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 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
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant.
Areas shaded grey indicate articulations judged impossible.

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

This IPA Chart was created by InternationalPhoneticAlphabet.org
The Voice Over was done by Dan Lenard
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