International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. It is intended as a notational standard for the phonemic and phonetic representation of all spoken languages.

Related Topics:
Phonetic notation - Phone - Phoneme - Phonetic

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For a simplified chart of the main IPA symbols used for English see IPA chart for English.

Related Topics:
English - IPA chart for English

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