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The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. 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.
Only the black symbols are on the official IPA chart; additional symbols are in grey. The grey fricatives are part of the extIPA, and the grey retroflex letters are mentioned or implicit in the Handbook. The grey click is a retired IPA letter that is still in use. The International Phonetic Alphabet is occasionally modified by the Association.
This chart provides audio examples for phonetic vowel symbols. The symbols shown include those in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and added material. The chart is based on the official IPA vowel chart. [1] The International Phonetic Alphabet is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet.
The symbol's names and phonetic descriptions are described in the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. The symbols also have nonce names in the Unicode standard. In some cases, the Unicode names and the IPA names do not agree. For example, IPA calls ɛ "epsilon", but Unicode calls it "small letter open E".
This table lists the vowel letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet. IPA: Vowels; Front Central Back; Close: i. y.
English: The chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as of 2020, with the phonetic symbols rendered in the TeX TIPA Roman font, as selected by the Alphabet, Charts and Fonts committee of the International Phonetic Association.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:RP__vowel_chart_(monophthongs).gif licensed with PD-self . 2008-01-03T03:54:16Z Aeusoes1 882x660 (8717 Bytes) {{Information |Description=IPA vowel chart for [[Received Pronunciation]] monophthongs |Source=self-made, based on charts taken from page 242 of Roach, Peter, "Received Pronunciation" in ''Journal of the International Phoneti
The IPA vowel chart has the cardinal vowels and is displayed in the form of a trapezium. By definition, no vowel sound can be plotted outside of the IPA trapezium because its four corners represent the extreme points of articulation. The vowel diagrams of most real languages are not so extreme.