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 | ⱱ | 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 |
Clicks | Voiced implosives | Ejectives | |||
ʘ | Bilabial | ɓ | Bilabial | ʼ | Ejective |
ǀ | Dental | ɗ | Dental/alveolar | pʼ | Bilabial |
ǃ | (Post)alveolar | ʄ | Palatal | tʼ | Dental/alveolar |
ǂ | Palatoalveolar | ɠ | Velar | kʼ | Velar |
ǁ | Alveolar lateral | ʛ | Uvular | sʼ | Alveolar fricative |
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) |
̥ | Voiceless | ̤ | Breathy voiced | ̪ | Dental |
̬ | Voiced | ̰ | Creaky voiced | ̺ | Apical |
ʰ | Aspirated | ̼ | Linguolabial | ̻ | Laminal |
̹ | More rounded | ʷ | Labialized | ̃ | Nasalized |
̜ | Less rounded | ʲ | Palatalized | ⁿ | 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 |
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 |
ˈ | Primary stress |
ˌ | Secondary stress |
ː | Long |
ˑ | Half-long |
̆ | Extra-short |
| | Minor (foot) group |
‖ | Major (intonation) group |
. | Syllable break |
‿ | Linking (absence of a break) |
Level | Contour | ||||||
̋ | or | ˥ | Extra high | ̌ | or | ˩˥ | Rising |
́ | ˦ | High | ̂ | ˥˩ | Falling | ||
̄ | ˧ | Mid | ᷄ | ˧˥ | High rising | ||
̀ | ˨ | Low | ᷅ | ˩˧ | Low rising | ||
̏ | ˩ | Extra low | ᷈ | ˧˦˨ | Rising-falling | ||
ꜜ | Downstep | ↗ | Global rise | ||||
ꜛ | Upstep | ↘ | Global fall |