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IPA symbols (International Phonetic Association).

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Consonants

  bilabials labio-dentals dentals alveolars postalveolars retroflexes palatals velars uvulars pharyngeals glottals
plosives/stops p b   t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k g q ɢ   ʔ ?
nasals m ɱ̊ ɱ   n   ɳ̊ ɳ ɲ̊ ɲ ŋ̊ ŋ ɴ̥ ɴ    
trills ʙ̥ ʙ     r         ʀ̥ ʀ    
taps/flaps       ? ɾ   ? ɽ          
affricates p͡ɸ b͡β p͡f b͡v t̪͡θ d̪͡ð t͡s d͡z t̠͡ʃ d̠͡ʒ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ k͡x g͡ɣ q͡χ ɢ͡ʁ   ʔ͡h ?
fricatives ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ h ɦ
lateral fricatives       ɬ ɮ              
approximants ? β̞ ? ʋ ? ð̞ ? ɹ ? ɹ̠ ? ɻ ? j ? ɰ ? ʁ̞    
lateral approximants       l   ɭ̊ ɭ λ̥ λ ʟ̥ ʟ      

Non pulmonic consonants

clicks implosives ejective stops ejective fricatives
ʘ bilabial ɓ bilabial bilabial labio-dental
ǀ dental ɗ dental alveolar alveolar
ǃ (post)alveolar ʄ palatal palatal ʃʼ postalveolar
ǂ palato-alveolar ɠ velar velar velar
ǁ lateral ʛ uvular uvular χʼ uvular

Other symbols

ʍ voiceless labio-velar fricative w voiced labio-velar approximant
ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant ʜ voiceless epiglottal fricative
ʢ voiced epiglottal fricative ʡ epiglottal stop
ɕ voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative ʑ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
ɺ voiced alveolar lateral flap ɧ simultaneous ʃ and x

Vowels

Diacritics

 ̥  ̊ unvoiced  ̤ breathy voiced  ̪ dental
 ̬ voiced  ̰ creaky voiced  ̺ apical
 ʰ aspirated  ̼ linguo-labial  ̻ laminal
 ̹ more rounded  ʷ labialisation  ̃ nasalisation
 ̜ less rounded  ʲ palatalisation  ⁿ nasal release
 ̟ advanced  ˠ velarisation  ˡ lateral release
 ̠ retracted  ˤ pharyngealisation  ̚ unreleased
 ̈ centralised  ̴ velarisation or pharyngealisation
 ̽ mid-centralised  ̝ raised
 ̩ syllabic  ̞ lowered
 ̯ non-syllabic  ̘ advanced tongue root
 ˞ rhoticity  ̙ retracted tongue root