IPASymbol_Phonology_Chart

CONSONANTS

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These tables show the canonical set of IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems.

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

p
voiceless
b
voiced
impossible
articulation

Blank cells in this table represent sounds that could be expressed by the relevant homorganic IPA symbols with applicable diacritics and modifications. For instance, a voiceless bilabial nasal: .

Affricates consist of the relevant constituent symbols joined with a tie bar. For instance, the voiceless postalveolar affricate: t͡ʃ.

▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
PHARYNGEAL
GLOTTAL
NASAL
n
PLOSIVE
t
d
FRICATIVE
sibilant
non-sibilant
lateral
ɬ
ɮ
AFFRICATE
lateral
TRILL
r
TAP
lateral
ɺ
APPROXIMANT
ɹ
lateral
l

VOWELS

Semantics of color shading (roundedness)

i
unrounded
y
rounded
ɐ
undefined
 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN