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IPA in Unicode

The International Phonetic Alphabet can be represented in Unicode. The following is an attempt at representing the IPA chart, using Unicode

See also: Table of Unicode characters, 128 to 999, Unicode and HTML

Table of contents
1 Consonants (Pulmonic)
2 Consonants (non-pulmonic)
3 Vowels
4 Other Symbols
5 Suprasegmentals

Consonants (Pulmonic)

IPA Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
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 jɰ
Lateral approximant lɭ ʎʟ

Consonants (non-pulmonic)

   

     
     
     
     
ClicksVoiced implosivesEjectives
ʘBilabial ɓBilabial ʼas in:
ǀDental ɗDental/alveolar Bilabial
ǃAlveolar (retroflex) ʄPalatal Dental/aveolar
ǂPalatoaveolar (alveolar) ɠVelar Velar
ǁAveolar lateral (lateral) ʛUvular Alveolar fricative

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closei yɨ ʉ ɯ u
   
ɪ ʏʊ
Close-mide øɘ ɵ ɤ o
Midə
Open-midɛ œɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ
æɐ
Opena ɶɑ ɒ

Other Symbols

 
ʍVoiceless labial-velar fricative
wVoiced labial-velar approximant
ɥVoiced labial-palatal approximant
ʜVoiceless epiglottal fricative
ʢVoiced epiglottal fricative
ʢEpiglottal plosive
ɕ ʑAlveolo-palatal fricatives
ɺAlveolar lateral flap
ɧSimultaneous ʃ and x

Suprasegmentals

     
ˈPrimary stress
ˌSecondary stress
ːLong
ˑHalf-long
˘Extra-short
.Syllable break