International Phonetic Alphabet

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See also: General phonetics

Contents 1 Plosive 2 Nasal 3 Trill 4 Tap or Flap 5 Fricative 6 Lateral Fricative 7 Approximant 8 Lateral Approximant 9 Clicks

[edit] Plosive

Name	Text	Image
Voiceless bilabial	p
Voiced bilabial	b
Voiceless alveolar	t
Voiced alveolar	d
Voiceless retroflex	ʈ
Voiced retroflex	ɖ
Voiceless palatal	c
Voiced palatal	ɟ
Voiceless velar	k
Voiced velar	ɡ
Voiceless uvular	q
Voiced uvular	ɢ
Voiceless glottal	ʔ

[edit] Nasal

Name	Text	Image
Voiced bilabial	m
Voiced labiodental	ɱ
Voiced alveolar	n
Voiced retroflex	ɳ
Voiced palatal	ɲ
Voiced velar	ŋ
Voiced uvular	ɴ

[edit] Trill

Name	Text	Image
Voiced bilabial	ʙ
Voiced alveolar	r
Voiced uvular	ʀ

[edit] Tap or Flap

Name	Text	Image
Voiced alveolar	ɾ
Voiced retroflex	ɽ

[edit] Fricative

Name	Text	Image
Voiceless bilabial	ɸ
Voiced bilabial	β
Voiceless labiodental	f
Voiced labiodental	v
Voiceless dental	θ
Voiced dental	ð
Voiceless alveolar	s
Voiced alveolar	z
Voiceless postalveolar	ʃ
Voiced postalveolar	ʒ
Voiceless retroflex	ʂ
Voiced retroflex	ʐ
Voiceless palatal	ç
Voiced palatal	ʝ
Voiceless velar	x
Voiced velar	ɣ
Voiceless uvular	χ
Voiced uvular	ʁ
Voiceless pharyngeal	ħ
Voiced pharyngeal	ʕ
Voiceless glottal	h
Voiced glottal	ɦ
Voiceless dorso-palatal	ɧ

[edit] Lateral Fricative

Name	Text	Image
Voiceless alveolar	ɬ
Voiced alveolar	ɮ

[edit] Approximant

Name	Text	Image
Voiced labiodental	ʋ
Voiced alveolar	ɹ
Voiced retroflex	ɻ
Voiced palatal	j
Voiced velar	ɰ

[edit] Lateral Approximant

Name	Text	Image
Voiced alveolar	l
Voiced retroflex	ɭ
Voiced palatal	ʎ
Voiced velar	ʟ

[edit] Clicks

Name	Text	Image
Bilabial	ʘ
Dental	ǀ
(Post)alveolar	ǃ
Palatoalveolar	ǂ
Alveolar lateral	ǁ