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, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the

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. It is not a complete list of all possible speech sounds in the world's languages, only those about which stand-alone articles exist in this encyclopedia.

Official chart

Vowels

Consonants

Pulmonic consonants

Non-pulmonic consonants

Co-articulated consonants

Other consonants

Nasal palatal approximant The nasal palatal approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , that is, a j with a tilde. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j~, and in the ...

* Nasal labial–velar approximant *

Voiceless nasal glottal approximant The voiceless nasal glottal approximant is a type of consonantal sound, a nasal approximant, used in some oral languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , that is, an ''h'' with a tilde. Occurre ...

Voiceless bilabially post-trilled dental stop The voiceless bilabially post-trilled dental stop is a very rare consonantal sound reported to occur in a few spoken languages: the Oro Win and Wariʼ languages in South America and Sangtam in Northeast India.Coupe (2015"Prestopped bilabial tri ...

Voiceless bidental fricative The voiceless bidental fricative is a rare consonantal sound. The only natural language known to use it is the Shapsug dialect of Adyghe, where it appears as a variant of . People with hypoglossia (abnormally small tongue) may use it for target ...

Tones

Auxiliary symbols

External links

The International Phonetic Alphabet and the IPA Chart

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