International Phonetic Alphabet chart

This page is a chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic symbols. These are created and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a full list of every single sound that is in every language.

Official chart

The official IPA chart, revised to 2020

Vowels

IPA: Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
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Consonants

Pulmonic consonants

IPA: Pulmonic consonants

Place →	Labial					Coronal										Dorsal					Laryngeal
Manner ↓	Bilabial		Labiodental		Linguolabial		Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal/epiglottal		Glottal
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Sibilant affricate									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Non-sibilant affricate	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Sibilant fricative									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Non-sibilant fricative	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Approximant				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Tap/flap		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Trill	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.							Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.					Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral affricate									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral fricative									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral approximant										Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral tap/flap									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.

Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Gray areas are sounds which are impossible.

Non-pulmonic consonants

Template:IPA non-pulmonic consonants

Co-articulated consonants

Template:IPA co-articulated consonants

Other consonants

Nasal palatal approximant [j̃]
Voiceless nasal glottal approximant [h̃]
Voiceless bilabially post-trilled dental stop [t̪ʙ̥]
Voiceless bidental fricative [h̪͆]

Tones

Tone registers
◌̋	˥	꜒	Extra-high (top)
◌́	˦	꜓	High
◌̄	˧	꜔	Mid
◌̀	˨	꜕	Low
◌̏	˩	꜖	Extra-low (bottom)
ꜜ◌			Downstep
ꜛ◌			Upstep

Tone contours
◌̌	˩˥	꜖꜒	Rising (low to high)
◌̂	˥˩	꜒꜖	Falling (high to low)
◌᷄	˧˥	꜔꜒	High rising
	˨˦	꜕꜓	Mid rising
◌᷅	˩˧	꜖꜔	Low rising
◌᷇	˥˧	꜒꜔	High falling
	˦˨	꜓꜕	Mid falling
◌᷆	˧˩	꜔꜖	Low falling
◌᷈	˧˥˨, ˨˦˨, ˩˧˩	꜔꜒꜕, ꜕꜓꜕, ꜖꜔꜖	Rising–falling (Peaking)
◌᷉	˥˧˥, ˦˨˦, ˧˩˧	꜒꜔꜒, ꜓꜕꜓, ꜔꜖꜔	Falling–rising (Dipping)

Auxiliary symbols

Diacritics
◌̥		◌̊		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	◌ᵊ		Mid central vowel release
◌̽				Mid-centralized	◌̝	◌˔	Raised	◌ᶿ		Voiceless dental fricative release
◌̩		◌̍		Syllabic	◌̞	◌˕	Lowered	◌ˣ		Voiceless velar fricative release
◌̯		◌̑		Non-syllabic	◌̘	◌꭪	Advanced tongue root	◌ʼ		Ejective
◌˞				Rhoticity	◌̙	◌꭫	Retracted tongue root	◌͡◌ ◌͜◌		Affricate or double articulation

Suprasegmentals
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)
↗︎	Global rise
↘︎	Global fall

Transcription
[ ]	Phonetic transcription
/ /	Phonemic transcription
{ }	Prosodic notation
( )	Indistinguishable utterance
⸨ ⸩	Sound obscured

International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Media

The official IPA chart, revised to 2020