IPA in Unicode
The International Phonetic Alphabet can be represented in Unicode. The following is an attempt at representing the IPA chart, using UnicodeSee also: Table of Unicode characters, 128 to 999, Unicode and HTML
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2 Consonants (non-pulmonic) 3 Vowels 4 Other Symbols 5 Suprasegmentals |
| IPA | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal |
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| Plosive | p | t | ʈ | c | k | q | ʢ | ʔ | ||||
| b | d | ɖ | g | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | |||||||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | f | ɵ | s | ʃ | ʂ | ç | x | χ | ħ | ʜ | h |
| β | v | ð | z | ʒ | ʐ | ʝ | ɣ | ʁ | ʕ | ʢ | ɦ | |
| Lateral Fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||
| ɮ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
| Plosive | p b | t d | ƫ ɗ | c ɟ | k g | q ɢ | ʔ | ||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | ||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | ||||||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ɼ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | ʂ ʐ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ˁ | h ɦ |
| Lateral fricative | ɬ ɮ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | ɺ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ |
Consonants (non-pulmonic)
| Clicks | Voiced implosives | Ejectives | |||
| ʘ | Bilabial | ɓ | Bilabial | ʼ | as in: |
| ǀ | Dental | ɗ | Dental/alveolar | pʼ | Bilabial |
| ǃ | Alveolar (retroflex) | ʄ | Palatal | tʼ | Dental/aveolar |
| ǂ | Palatoaveolar (alveolar) | ɠ | Velar | kʼ | Velar |
| ǁ | Aveolar lateral (lateral) | ʛ | Uvular | sʼ | Alveolar fricative |
| Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i y | ɨ ʉ | ɯ u
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| ɪ ʏ | ʊ | ||||
| Close-mid | e ø | ɘ ɵ | ɤ o | ||
| Mid | ə | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ œ | ɜ ɞ | ʌ ɔ | ||
| æ | ɐ | ||||
| Open | a ɶ | ɑ ɒ |
| ʍ | Voiceless labial-velar fricative |
| w | Voiced labial-velar approximant |
| ɥ | Voiced labial-palatal approximant |
| ʜ | Voiceless epiglottal fricative |
| ʢ | Voiced epiglottal fricative |
| ʢ | Epiglottal plosive |
| ɕ ʑ | Alveolo-palatal fricatives |
| ɺ | Alveolar lateral flap |
| ɧ | Simultaneous ʃ and x |
Suprasegmentals
| ˈ | Primary stress |
| ˌ | Secondary stress |
| ː | Long |
| ˑ | Half-long |
| ˘ | Extra-short |
| . | Syllable break |