TRANSCRIPTION −
 

CONSONANTS (PULMONIC) −

 
Bilabial
Labiodental
Dental
Alveolar
Postalveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Glottal
Plosive
p
b
    
t
d
  
ʈ
ɖ
c
ɟ
k
ɡ
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
      
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
ʘ
Bilabial
ɓ
Bilabial
ʼ
Ejective
ǀ
Dental
ɗ
Dental/alveolar
Bilabial
ǃ
(Post)alveolar
ʄ
Palatal
Dental/alveolar
ǂ
Palatoalveolar
ɠ
Velar
Velar
ǁ
Alveolar lateral
ʛ
Uvular
Alveolar fricative
 

OTHER SYMBOLS −

ʍ
Voiceless labial-velar fricative
ɕ
ʑ
Alveolo-palatal fricatives
w
Voiced labial-velar approximant
 
ɺ
Voiced alveolar lateral flap
ɥ
Voiced labial-palatal approximant
ɧ
 
Simultaneous ʃ and x
ʜ
Voiceless epiglottal fricative
Affricates and double articulations can be represented by two symbols joined by a tie bar if necessary.
ʢ
Voiced epiglottal fricative/approximant
ʡ
Epiglottal plosive
͜
͡
Tie bar (below/above)
 

DIACRITICS −

̥
Voiceless
̤
Breathy voiced
̪
Dental
̬
Voiced
̰
Creaky voiced
̺
Apical
ʰ
Aspirated
̼
Linguolabial
̻
Laminal
̹
More rounded
ʷ
Labialized
̃
Nasalized
̜
Less rounded
ʲ
Palatalized
Nasal release
̟
Advanced
ˠ
Velarized
ˡ
Lateral release
̠
Retracted
ˤ
Pharyngealized
̚
No audible release
̈
Centralized
̴
Velarized or pharyngealized
̽
Mid-centralized
̝
Raised
̩
Syllabic
̞
Lowered
̯
Non-syllabic
̘
Advanced tongue root
˞
Rhoticity
̙
Retracted tongue root
Some diacritics may be placed above a symbol with a descender.

VOWELS −

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

SUPRASEGMENTALS −

ˈ
Primary stress
ˌ
Secondary stress
ː
Long
ˑ
Half-long
̆
Extra-short
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Minor (foot) group
Major (intonation) group
.
Syllable break
Linking (absence of a break)
 

TONES AND WORD ACCENTS −

Level
Contour
̋
or
˥
Extra high
̌
or
˩˥
Rising
́
 
˦
High
̂
 
˥˩
Falling
̄
 
˧
Mid
 
˧˥
High rising
̀
 
˨
Low
 
˩˧
Low rising
̏
 
˩
Extra low
 
˧˦˨
Rising-falling
Downstep
Global rise
Upstep
Global fall
 
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