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Here is a basic key to the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. For the smaller set of symbols that is sufficient for English, see Help:IPA for English. Several rare IPA symbols are not included; these are found in the main IPA article. For the Manual of Style guideline for pronunciation, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation).

For each IPA symbol, an English example is given where possible; here "RP" stands for Received Pronunciation. The foreign languages that are used to illustrate additional sounds are primarily the ones most likely to be familiar to English speakers, French, German, and Spanish. For symbols not covered by those, recourse is taken to the populous languages Mandarin Chinese, Hindustani, Arabic, and Russian. For sounds still not covered, other smaller but well-known languages are used, such as Swahili, Turkish, and Zulu.

The left-hand column displays the symbols like this: ⁽ⁱ⁾ [ a ]. Click on the speaker icon to hear the sound; click on the symbol itself for a dedicated article with a more complete description and examples from multiple languages. All the sounds are spoken more than once, and the consonant sounds are spoken once followed by a vowel and once between vowels.

Main symbols

The symbols are arranged by similarity to letters of the Latin alphabet. Symbols which do not resemble any Latin letter are placed at the end.

Symbol		Examples	Description
^ top A
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ a ]	a	Mandarin 他 tā, German Mann	For many English speakers, the first part of the ow sound in cow. Found in some dialects of English in cat or father.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ä ]	ä	American English ah, Spanish casa, French patte
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ aː ]	aː	German Aachen, French gare	Long [a].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɐ ]	ɐ	RP cut, German Kaiserslautern	(In transcriptions of English, [ɐ] is usually written ⟨ʌ⟩.)
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɑ ]	ɑ	Finnish Linna, Dutch bad
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɑː ]	ɑː	RP father, French pâte	Long [ɑ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɑ̃ ]	ɑ̃	French Caen, sans, temps	Nasalized [ɑ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɒ ]	ɒ	RP cot	Like [ɑ], but with the lips slightly rounded.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʌ ]	ʌ	American English cut	Like [ɔ], but without the lips being rounded. (When ⟨ʌ⟩ is used for English, it may really be [ɐ] or [ɜ].)
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ æ ]	æ	RP cat
^ top B
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ b ]	b	English babble
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɓ ]	ɓ	Swahili bwana	Like a [b] said with a gulp. See implosive consonants.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ β ]	β	Spanish la Bamba, Kinyarwanda abana "children"	Like [b], but with the lips not quite touching.
^ top C
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ c ]	c	Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow", Greek και "and"	Between English tune (RP) and cute. Sometimes used instead for [tʃ] in languages like Hindi.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ç ]	ç	German Ich	More of a y-coloration (more palatal) than [x]. Some English speakers have a similar sound in huge. To produce this sound, try whispering loudly the word "ye" as in "Hear ye!".
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɕ ]	ɕ	Mandarin Xi'an, Polish ściana	More y-like than [ʃ]; something like English she.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɔ ]	ɔ	see under O
^ top D
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ d ]	d	English dad
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɗ ]	ɗ	Swahili Dodoma	Like [d] said with a gulp.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɖ ]	ɖ	American English harder	Like [d] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ð ]	ð	English the, bathe
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ dz ]¹	dz	English adds, Italian zero
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ dʒ ]¹	dʒ	English judge
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ dʑ ]¹	dʑ	Polish niedźwiedź "bear"	Like [dʒ], but with more of a y-sound.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ dʐ ]¹	dʐ	Polish dżem "jam"	Like [dʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
^ top E
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ e ]	e	Spanish fe; French clé
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ eː ]	eː	German Klee	Long [e]. Similar to English hey, before the y sets in.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ə ]	ə	English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief"	(Only occurs in English when not stressed.)
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɚ ]	ɚ	American English runner
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɛ ]	ɛ	English bet
[ ɛ̃ ]	ɛ̃	French Saint-Étienne, vin, main	Nasalized [ɛ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɜ ]	ɜ	RP bird (long)
[ɝ]	ɝ	American English bird
^ top F
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ f ]	f	English fun
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɟ ]	ɟ	see under J
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʄ ]	ʄ	see under J
^ top G
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɡ ]	ɡ	English gag	(Should look like . No different from a Latin "g")
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɠ ]	ɠ	Swahili Uganda	Like [ɡ] said with a gulp.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɢ ]	ɢ		Like [ɡ], but further back, in the throat. Found in Persian and some Arabic dialects for /q/, as in Gaddafi.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʒ ]	ʒ	see under Z	English beige.
^ top H
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ h ]	h	American English house
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɦ ]	ɦ	English ahead, when said quickly.
[ʰ]		The extra puff of air in English top [tʰɒp] compared to stop [stɒp], or to French or Spanish [t].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ħ ]	ħ	Arabic مُحَمَّد‎ Muhammad	Far down in the throat, like [h], but stronger.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɥ ]	ɥ	see under Y
[ ɮ ]	ɮ	see under L
^ top I
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ i ]	i	French ville, Spanish Valladolid
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ iː ]	iː	English sea	Long [i].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɪ ]	ɪ	English sit
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɨ ]	ɨ	Russian ты "you"	Often used for unstressed English roses.
^ top J
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ j ]	j	English yes, hallelujah, German Junge
[ ʲ ]	ʲ	Russian Ленин [ˈlʲenʲɪn]	Indicates a sound is more y-like.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʝ ]	ʝ	Spanish cayo (some dialects)	Like [j], but stronger.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɟ ]	ɟ	Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole"	Between English dew (RP) and argue. Sometimes used instead for [dʒ] in languages like Hindi.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʄ ]	ʄ	Swahili jambo	Like [ɟ] said with a gulp.
^ top K
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ k ]	k	English kick, skip
^ top L
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ l ]	l	English leaf
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɫ ]	ɫ	English wool Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small"	"Dark" el.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɬ ]	ɬ	Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey" Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit"	By touching roof of mouth with tongue and giving a quick breath out. Found in Welsh placenames like Llangollen and Llanelli and Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name Rolihlahla.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɭ ]	ɭ		Like [l] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɺ ]	ɺ		A flapped [l], like [l] and [ɾ] said together.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɮ ]	ɮ	Zulu dla "eat"	Rather like [l] and [ʒ], or [l] and [ð], said together.
^ top M
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ m ]	m	English mime
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɱ ]	ɱ	English symphony	Like [m], but lips touch teeth as they do in [f].
[ ɯ ]	ɯ	see under W
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʍ ]	ʍ	see under W
^ top N
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ n ]	n	English nun
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ŋ ]	ŋ	English sing
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɲ ]	ɲ	Spanish Peña, French champagne	Rather like English canyon (/nj/ said quickly).
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɳ ]	ɳ	Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] Varuna	Like [n] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɴ ]	ɴ	Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan]	Like [ŋ], but further back, in the throat.
^ top O
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ o ]	o	Spanish no, French eau
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ oː ]	oː	German Boden, French Vosges	Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɔ ]	ɔ	German Oldenburg, French Garonne
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɔː ]	ɔː	RP law, French Limoges	Long [ɔ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɔ̃ ]	ɔ̃	French Lyon, son	Nasalized [ɔ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ø ]	ø	French feu, bœufs	Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ øː ]	øː	German Goethe, French Deûle, neutre	Long [ø].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɵ ]	ɵ	Swedish dum	Halfway between [o] and [ø]. Similar to [ʊ] but with the tongue slightly more down and front.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ œ ]	œ	French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen	Like [ɛ], but with the lips rounded like [ɔ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ œː ]	œː	French œuvre, heure	Long [œ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ œ̃ ]	œ̃	French brun, parfum	Nasalized [œ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ θ ]	θ	see under other
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɸ ]	ɸ	see under other
^ top P
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ p ]	p	English pip
^ top Q
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ q ]	q	Arabic قُرْآن‎ Qur’ān	Like [k], but further back, in the throat.
^ top R
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ r ]	r	Spanish perro, Scots borrow	"Rolled R". (Generally used for English [ɹ] when there's no need to be precise.)
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɾ ]	ɾ	Spanish pero, Tagalog daliri, Malay kabar, American English kitty/kiddie	"Flapped R".
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʀ ]	ʀ	Dutch rood and German rot (some speakers)	A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɽ ]	ɽ	Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari"	Like flapped [ɾ], but with the tongue curled back.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɹ ]	ɹ	RP borrow
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɻ ]	ɻ	American English borrow, butter	Like [ɹ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʁ ]	ʁ	French Paris, German Riemann	Said back in the throat, but not trilled.
^ top S
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ s ]	s	English sass
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʃ ]	ʃ	English shoe
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʂ ]	ʂ	Mandarin 少林 (Shàolín), Russian Пушкин (Pushkin)	Acoustically similar to [ʃ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
^ top T
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ t ]	t	English tot, stop
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʈ ]	ʈ	Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief"	Like [t], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ts ]²	ts	English cats, Russian царь tsar
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ tʃ ] ²	tʃ	English church
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ tɕ ]²	tɕ	Mandarin 北京 ⁽ⁱ⁾ Běijīng, Polish ciebie "you"	Like [tʃ], but with more of a y-sound.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ tʂ ]²	tʂ	Mandarin zh, Polish czas	Like [tʃ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
^ top U
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ u ]	u	French vous "you"
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ uː ]	uː	French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food	Long [u].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʊ ]	ʊ	English foot, German Bundesrepublik
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʉ ]	ʉ	Australian English food (long)	Like [ɨ], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɥ ]	ɥ	see under Y
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɯ ]	ɯ	see under W
^ top V
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ v ]	v	English verve
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʋ ]	ʋ	Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳə] "Varuna"	Between [v] and [w]. Used by some Germans and Russians for v/w, and by some speakers of British English for r.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɤ ]	ɤ	see under Y
[ ɣ ]	ɣ	see under Y
[ ʌ ]	ʌ	see under A
^ top W
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ w ]	w	English wow
[ʷ]	ʷ	English rain [ɹʷeɪn]	Indicates a sound has lip rounding, quick.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʍ ]	ʍ	what (some dialects)	like [h] and [w] said together
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɯ ]	ɯ	Turkish kayık "caïque"	Like [u], but with the lips flat; something like [ʊ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɰ ]	ɰ	Spanish agua
^ top X
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ x ]	x	Scottish English loch, German Bach, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good", Spanish joven	between [k] and [h]
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ χ ]	χ	northern Standard Dutch Scheveningen, Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan]	Like [x], but further back , in the throat. Some German and Arabic speakers have [χ] for [x].
^ top Y
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ y ]	y	French rue	Like [i], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ yː ]	yː	German Bülow, French sûr	Long [y].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʏ ]	ʏ	German Düsseldorf	Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɣ ]	ɣ	Arabic غَالِي‎ ghālī and Swahili ghali "expensive", Spanish suegro	Sounds rather like French [ʁ] or between [ɡ] and [h].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɤ ]	ɤ	Mandarin Hénán	Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʎ ]	ʎ	Italian tagliatelle	Like [l], but more y-like. Rather like English volume.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɥ ]	ɥ	French lui	Like [j] and [w] said together.
^ top Z
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ z ]	z	English zoos
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʒ ]	ʒ	English vision, French journal
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʑ ]	ʑ	formal Russian жжёшь [ʑːoʂ] "you burn", Polish źle	More y-like than [ʒ], something like beigey.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʐ ]	ʐ	Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", Russian жир "fat"	Like [ʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
[ ɮ ]	ɮ	see under L
^ top Other
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ θ ]	θ	English thigh, bath
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ɸ ]	ɸ	Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] Fuji, Māori [ˌɸaːɾeːˈnuiː] wharenui	Like [p], but with the lips not quite touching
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʔ ]	ʔ	English uh-oh, Hawai‘i, German die Angst	The 'glottal stop', a catch in the breath. For some people, found in button [ˈbʌʔn̩], or between vowels across words: Deus ex machina [ˌdeɪəsˌʔɛksˈmɑːkɨnə]; in some nonstandard dialects, in a apple [ʌˈʔæpl̩].
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ʕ ]	ʕ	Arabic عَرَبِيّ‎ ʻarabī "Arabic"	A light sound deep in the throat.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ǀ ]	ǀ	English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring"	(The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [kǀ], [ɡǀ], [ŋǀ]. The Zimbabwean MP Ncube has this click in his name, as did Cetshwayo.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ǁ ]	ǁ	English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog"	(The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [kǁ], [ɡǁ], [ŋǁ]. Found in the name of the Xhosa.
⁽ⁱ⁾ [ ǃ ]	ǃ	Zulu iqaqa "polecat"	(The English click used to imitate the trotting of a horse.) A hollow popping sound, like a cork pulled from a bottle. Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [kǃ], [ɡǃ], [ŋǃ].

^1 ^2 These symbols are officially written with a tie linking them (e.g. t͡ʃ), and are also sometimes written as single characters (e.g. ʧ) though the latter convention is no longer official. They are written without ligatures here to ensure correct display in all browsers.

Marks added to letters

Several marks can be added above, below, before or after letters. These are here shown on a carrier letter such as the vowel a. A more complete list is given at International Phonetic Alphabet § Diacritics and prosodic notation.

Symbol	Example	Description
Signs above a letter
[ã]	French vin blanc [vãblɑ̃] "white wine"	A nasal vowel, as with a Texas twang.
[ä]	Portuguese vá [vä] "go"	A central vowel pronounced with the tongue position in the middle of the mouth; neither forward nor back.
Signs below a letter
[ a̯ ]	English cow [kʰaʊ̯], koi [kʰɔɪ̯]	This vowel does not form a syllable of its own, but runs into the vowel next to it. (In English, the diacritic is generally left off: [kaʊ].)
[ n̥ ]		Sounds like a loud whisper; [n̥] is like a whispered breath through the nose. [l̥] is found in Tibetan Lhasa.
[ n̩ ]	English button	A consonant without a vowel. (English [n̩] is often transcribed /ən/.)
[ d̪ ]	Spanish dos, French deux	The tongue touches the teeth more than it does in English.
Signs next to a letter
[kʰ]	English come	Aspirated consonant, pronounced with a puff of air. Similarly [tʰ pʰ tsʰ tʃʰ tɕʰ].
[ k’ ]	Zulu ukuza "come"	Like a popped [k], pushed from the throat. Similarly [tʼ pʼ qʼ tʃʼ tsʼ tɬʼ].
[aː]	English shh! [ʃː]	Long. Often used with English vowels or diphthongs: Mayo /ˈmeːoː/ for [ˈmeɪ̯ɜʊ̯], etc.
[aˑ]	RP caught [ˈkʰɔˑt]	Semi-long. (Although the vowel is different, this is also longer than cot [ˈkʰɒt].)
[ˈa]	pronunciation [pɹ̥əʊ̯ˌnɐnsiˈeɪʃn̩]	Main stress. The mark denotes the stress of the following syllable.
[ˌa]	pronunciation [pɹ̥əʊ̯ˌnɐnsiˈeɪʃn̩]	Weaker stress. The mark denotes the stress of the following syllable.
[ . ]	English courtship [ˈkɔrt.ʃɪp]	Syllable break. (this is often redundant and therefore left off)

Brackets

Two types of brackets are commonly used to enclose transcriptions in the IPA:

/Slashes/ indicate those meaningful sounds that are distinguished as the basic sounds of a language by native speakers; these are called phonemes. Changing the symbols between slashes would either change the identity of the word or produce nonsense. For example, since there is no meaningful difference to a native speaker between the two sounds written with the letter el in the word lulls, they are considered the same phoneme and so, using slashes, they are given the same symbol in IPA: /ˈlʌlz/. Similarly, Spanish la bomba is transcribed phonemically with two instances of the same b sound, /laˈbomba/, despite the fact that they sound different to a speaker of English. Thus a reader who is not familiar with the language in question might not know how to interpret these transcriptions more narrowly.
[Square brackets] indicate the narrower or more detailed phonetic qualities of a pronunciation, not taking into account the norms of the language to which it belongs; therefore, such transcriptions do not regard whether subtly different sounds in the pronunciation are actually noticeable or distinguishable to a native speaker of the language. Within square brackets is what a foreigner who does not know the structure of a language might hear as discrete units of sound. For instance, the English word lulls may be pronounced in a particular dialect more specifically as [ˈlɐɫz], with different letter el sounds at the beginning and end. This may be obvious to speakers of other languages that differentiate between the sounds [l] and [ɫ]. Likewise, Spanish la bomba (pronounced without a pause) has two different b-sounds to the ears of foreigners or linguists—[laˈβomba]—though a native Spanish speaker might not be able to hear it. Omitting or adding such detail does not make a difference to the identity of the word, but helps to give a more precise pronunciation.

A third kind of bracket is occasionally seen:

Either //double slashes// or |pipes| (or occasionally other conventions) show that the enclosed sounds are theoretical constructs that are not actually heard. (This is part of morphophonology.) For instance, most phonologists argue that the -s at the ends of verbs, which surfaces as either /s/ in talks /tɔːks/ or as /z/ in lulls /lʌlz/, has a single underlying form. If they decide this form is an s, they would write it //s// (or |s|) to claim that phonemic /tɔːks/ and /lʌlz/ are essentially //tɔːks// and //lʌls// underneath. If they were to decide it was essentially the latter, //z//, they would transcribe these words //tɔːkz// and //lʌlz//.

Lastly,

⟨Angle brackets⟩ are used to set off orthography, as well as transliteration from non-Latin scripts. Thus ⟨lulls⟩, ⟨la bomba⟩, the letter ⟨a⟩. Angle brackets are not supported by all fonts, so a template {{angle bracket}} (shortcut {{angbr}}) is used to ensure maximal compatibility. (Comment there if you're having problems.)

Rendering issues

Voiced velar plosive

These two characters should look similar:

ɡ

If in the box to the left you see the symbol rather than a lower-case open-tail g, you may be experiencing a well-known bug in the font MS Reference Sans Serif; switching to another font may fix it.

On your current font: [ɡ],

and in several other fonts:

Arial: [ɡ]
Arial Unicode MS: [ɡ]
Biolinum: [ɡ]
Bitstream Cyberbit: [ɡ]
Cambria: [ɡ]
Calibri: [ɡ]
Charis SIL: [ɡ]
Chrysanthi: [ɡ]
Code2000: [ɡ]
DejaVu Sans: [ɡ]
Doulos SIL: [ɡ]
Everson Mono: [ɡ]
Gentium: [ɡ]
GentiumAlt: [ɡ]
Gentium Plus: [ɡ]
Helvetica: [ɡ]
Helvetica Neue: [ɡ]
Hiragino Kaku Gothic: [ɡ]
Linux Libertine: [ɡ]
Lucida Grande: [ɡ]
Lucida Sans: [ɡ]
Matrix: [ɡ]
Quivira: [ɡ]
STIX: [ɡ]
Segoe UI: [ɡ]
Times New Roman: [ɡ]
TITUS Cyberbit Basic: [ɡ]
Unifont: [ɡ]

Affricates and double articulation

The tie bar is intended to cover both letters of an affricate or doubly articulated consonant. However, if your browser uses Arial Unicode MS to display IPA characters, the following incorrectly formed sequences may look better than the correct order (letter, tie bar, letter) because of a bug in that font:

ts͡, tʃ͡, tɕ͡, dz͡, dʒ͡, dʑ͡, tɬ͡, kp͡, ɡb͡, ŋm͡.

Here is how the proper configuration displays in your default IPA font:

t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m,

and in several other fonts:

Arial: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Arial Unicode MS: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Biolinum: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Bitstream Cyberbit: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Cambria: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Calibri: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Charis SIL: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Chrysanthi: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Code2000: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
DejaVu Sans: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Doulos SIL: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Everson Mono: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Gentium: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
GentiumAlt: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Gentium Plus: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Helvetica: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Helvetica Neue: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Hiragino Kaku Gothic: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Linux Libertine: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Lucida Grande: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Lucida Sans: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Matrix: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Quivira: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
STIX: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Segoe UI: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Times New Roman: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
TITUS Cyberbit Basic: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
Unifont: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m

Angle brackets

True angle brackets, ⟨ ⟩, are unsupported by several common fonts. Here is how they display in your default settings:

⟨...⟩ (unformatted)

⟨...⟩ (default IPA font)

⟨...⟩ (default Unicode font),

and in several specific fonts:

Arial: ⟨...⟩
Arial Unicode MS: ⟨...⟩
Biolinum: ⟨...⟩
Bitstream Cyberbit: ⟨...⟩
Cambria: ⟨...⟩
Calibri: ⟨...⟩
Charis SIL: ⟨...⟩
Chrysanthi: ⟨...⟩
Code2000: ⟨...⟩
DejaVu Sans: ⟨...⟩
Doulos SIL: ⟨...⟩
Everson Mono: ⟨...⟩
Gentium: ⟨...⟩
GentiumAlt: ⟨...⟩
Gentium Plus: ⟨...⟩
Helvetica: ⟨...⟩
Helvetica Neue: ⟨...⟩
Hiragino Kaku Gothic: ⟨...⟩
Linux Libertine: ⟨...⟩
Lucida Grande: ⟨...⟩
Lucida Sans: ⟨...⟩
Matrix: ⟨...⟩
Quivira: ⟨...⟩
STIX: ⟨...⟩
Segoe UI: ⟨...⟩
Times New Roman: ⟨...⟩
TITUS Cyberbit Basic: ⟨...⟩
Unifont: ⟨...⟩

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