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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: open front unrounded vowel. 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
A
Open front unrounded vowel 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.
Open central unrounded vowel American English ah, Spanish casa, French patte
Open front unrounded vowel German Aachen, French gare Long [a].
Near-open central vowel RP cut, German Kaiserslautern (In transcriptions of English, [ɐ] is usually written ʌ.)
Open back unrounded vowel Finnish Linna, Dutch bad
Open back unrounded vowel RP father, French pâte Long [ɑ].
Nasal vowel French Caen, sans, temps Nasalized [ɑ].
Open back rounded vowel RP cot Like [ɑ], but with the lips slightly rounded.
Open-mid back unrounded vowel American English cut Like [ɔ], but without the lips being rounded. (When ʌ is used for English, it may really be [ɐ] or [ɜ].)
Near-open front unrounded vowel RP cat
B
Voiced bilabial plosive English babble
Voiced bilabial implosive Swahili bwana Like a [b] said with a gulp. See implosive consonants.
Bilabial trill Like the brrr sound made when cold.
Voiced bilabial fricative Spanish la Bamba, Kinyarwanda abana "children" Like [b], but with the lips not quite touching.
C
Voiceless palatal plosive Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow", Greek και "and" Between English tune (RP) and cute. Sometimes used instead for [tʃ] in languages like Hindi.
Voiceless palatal fricative 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!".
Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative Mandarin Xi'an, Polish ściana More y-like than [ʃ]; something like English she.
Open-mid back rounded vowel see under O
D
Voiced alveolar plosive English dad
Voiced alveolar implosive Swahili Dodoma Like [d] said with a gulp.
Voiced retroflex plosive American English harder Like [d] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
Voiced dental fricative English the, bathe
Voiced alveolar affricate1 English adds, Italian zero
Voiced postalveolar affricate1 English judge
Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate1 Polish niewiedź "bear" Like [dʒ], but with more of a y-sound.
Voiced retroflex affricate1 Polish em "jam" Like [dʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
E
Close-mid front unrounded vowel Spanish fe; French clé
Close-mid front unrounded vowel German Klee Long [e]. Similar to English hey, before the y sets in.
Mid central vowel English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" (Only occurs in English when not stressed.)
R-colored vowel#R-colored vowel American English runner
Open-mid front unrounded vowel English bet
[ ɛ̃ ] French Agen, vin, main; Polish mięso Nasalized [ɛ].
Open-mid central unrounded vowel RP bird (long)
[ ɝ ] American English bird
F
Voiceless labiodental fricative English fun
Voiced palatal plosive see under J
Voiced palatal implosive see under J
G
Voiced velar plosive English gag (Should look like . No different from a Latin "g")
Voiced velar implosive Swahili Uganda Like [ɡ] said with a gulp.
Voiced uvular plosive Like [ɡ], but further back, in the throat. Found in Persian and some Arabic dialects for /q/, as in Gaddafi.
Voiced postalveolar fricative see under Z English beige.
H
Voiceless glottal fricative American English house
Voiced glottal fricative 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].
Voiceless pharyngeal fricative Arabic محمد Muhammad Far down in the throat, like [h], but stronger.
Audio file "Labial-palatal approximant.ogg" not found see under U
[ ɮ ] see under L
I
Close front unrounded vowel French ville, Spanish Valladolid
Close front unrounded vowel English sea Long [i].
Near-close near-front unrounded vowel English sit
Close central unrounded vowel Russian ты "you" Often used for unstressed English roses.
J
Palatal approximant English yes, hallelujah, German Junge
[ ʲ ] Russian Ленин [ˈlʲenʲɪn] Indicates a sound is more y-like.
Voiced palatal fricative Spanish cayo (some dialects) Like [j], but stronger.
Voiced palatal plosive Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole" Between English dew (RP) and argue. Sometimes used instead for [dʒ] in languages like Hindi.
Voiced palatal implosive Swahili jambo Like [ɟ] said with a gulp.
K
Voiceless velar plosive English kick, skip
L
Alveolar lateral approximant English leaf
Velarized alveolar lateral approximant English wool
Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small"
"Dark" el.
Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey"
Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit"
By touching roof of mouth with tongue and giving a giving a quick breath out. Found in Welsh placenames like Llangollen and Llanelli and Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name Rolihlahla.
Retroflex lateral approximant Like [l] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
Audio file "Alveolar lateral flap.ogg" not found A flapped [l], like [l] and [ɾ] said together.
Voiced alveolar lateral fricative Zulu dla "eat" Rather like [l] and [ʒ], or [l] and [ð], said together.
M
Bilabial nasal English mime
Labiodental nasal English symphony Like [m], but lips touch teeth as they do in [f].
[ ɯ ] see under W
Voiceless labio-velar approximant see under W
N
Alveolar nasal English nun
Velar nasal English sing
Palatal nasal Spanish Peña, French champagne Rather like English canyon.
Retroflex nasal Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] Varuna Like [n] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
Uvular nasal Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] Like [ŋ], but further back, in the throat.
O
Close-mid back rounded vowel Spanish no, French eau
Close-mid back rounded vowel German Boden, French Vosges Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no.
Open-mid back rounded vowel German Oldenburg, French Garonne
Open-mid back rounded vowel RP law, French Limoges Long [ɔ].
Nasal vowel French Lyon, son; Polish wąż Nasalized [ɔ].
Close-mid front rounded vowel French feu, bœufs Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o].
Close-mid front rounded vowel German Goethe, French Dle, neutre Long [ø].
Close-mid central rounded vowel Swedish dum Halfway between [o] and [ø]. Similar to [ʊ] but with the tongue slightly more down and front.
Open-mid front rounded vowel French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen Like [ɛ], but with the lips rounded like [ɔ].
Open-mid front rounded vowel French œuvre, heure Long [œ].
Nasal vowel French brun, parfum Nasalized [œ].
Voiceless dental fricative see under other
Voiceless bilabial fricative see under other
P
Voiceless bilabial plosive English pip
Q
Voiceless uvular plosive Arabic Qur’ān Like [k], but further back, in the throat.
R
Alveolar trill Spanish perro, Scots borrow "Rolled R". (Generally used for English [ɹ] when there's no need to be precise.)
Alveolar tap Spanish pero, Tagalog daliri, Malay kabar, American English kitty/kiddie "Flapped R".
Uvular trill Dutch rood and German rot (some speakers) A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French.
Retroflex flap Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari" Like flapped [ɾ], but with the tongue curled back.
Alveolar approximant RP borrow
Retroflex approximant American English borrow, butter Like [ɹ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers.
Voiced uvular fricative French Paris, German Riemann Said back in the throat, but not trilled.
S
Voiceless alveolar fricative English sass
Voiceless postalveolar fricative English shoe
Sj-sound Swedish sju
Voiceless retroflex fricative Mandarin 少林 (Shàolín), Russian Пушкин (Pushkin) Acoustically similar to [ʃ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
T
Voiceless alveolar plosive English tot, stop
Voiceless retroflex plosive Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" Like [t], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
Voiceless alveolar affricate2 English cats, Russian царь tsar
Voiceless postalveolar affricate 2 English church
Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate2 Mandarin 北京 Beijing, Polish ciebie "you" Like [tʃ], but with more of a y-sound.
Voiceless retroflex affricate2 Mandarin zh, Polish czas Like [tʃ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
U
Close back rounded vowel French vous "you"
Close back rounded vowel French Rocquencourt, German Schumacher, close to RP food Long [u].
Near-close near-back vowel English foot, German Bundesrepublik
Close central rounded vowel Australian English food (long) Like [ɨ], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
Audio file "Labial-palatal approximant.ogg" not found French lui Like [j] and [w] said together.
Close back unrounded vowel see under W
V
Voiced labiodental fricative English verve
Labiodental approximant 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.
Voiced velar fricative Arabic / Swahili ghali "expensive", Spanish suegro Sounds rather like French [ʁ] or between [ɡ] and [h].
Close-mid back unrounded vowel Mandarin Hénán Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ].
[ ʌ ] see under A
W
Voiced labial-velar approximant English wow
[ ʷ ] English rain [ɹʷeɪn] Indicates a sound has lip rounding, quick.
Voiceless labio-velar approximant what (some dialects) like [h] and [w] said together
Close back unrounded vowel Turkish kayık "caïque" Like [u], but with the lips flat; something like [ʊ].
Velar approximant Spanish agua
X
Voiceless velar fricative Scottish English loch, German Bach, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good", Spanish joven between [k] and [h]
Voiceless uvular fricative 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].
Y
Close front rounded vowel French rue Like [i], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
Close front rounded vowel German Bülow, French sûr Long [y].
Near-close near-front rounded vowel German Eisenhüttenstadt Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ].
Palatal lateral approximant Italian tagliatelle Like [l], but more y-like. Rather like English volume.
Audio file "Labial-palatal approximant.ogg" not found see under U
Close-mid back unrounded vowel see under V
[ ɣ ] see under V
Z
Voiced alveolar fricative English zoos
Voiced postalveolar fricative English vision, French journal
Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative formal Russian жжёшь [ʑːoʂ] "you burn", Polish źle More y-like than [ʒ], something like beigey.
Voiced retroflex fricative Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", Russian жир "fat" Like [ʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
[ ɮ ] see under L
Other
Voiceless dental fricative English thigh, bath
Voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] Fuji, Māori [ˌɸaːɾeːˈnuiː] wharenui Like [p], but with the lips not quite touching
Glottal stop English uh-oh, Hawaii, 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].
Voiced pharyngeal fricative Arabic عربي carabī "Arabic" A light sound deep in the throat.
Dental click English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring" (The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ ], [ ɡǀ ], [ ŋǀ ]. The Zimbabwean MP Ncube has this click in his name, as did Cetshwayo.
Alveolar lateral click English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog" (The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ ], [ ɡǁ ], [ ŋǁ ]. Found in the name of the Xhosa.
Postalveolar click 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 [ ], [ 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.

Diacritic marks

All diacritics are here shown on a carrier letter such as the vowel a.

Symbol Example Description
[[Stress (linguistics)|[ ˈa ]]] pronunciation
[pɹ̥əʊ̯ˌnɐnsiˈeɪʃn̩]
Main stress. The mark denotes the stress of the following syllable.
[[Secondary stress|[ ˌa ]]] Weaker stress. The mark denotes the stress of the following syllable.
[[Length (phonetics)|[ ]]] English shh! [ʃː] Long. Often used with English vowels or diphthongs: Mayo /ˈmeːoː/ for [ˈmeɪ̯ɜʊ̯], etc.
[[Length (phonetics)|[ ]]] RP caught [ˈkʰɔˑt] Semi-long. (Although the vowel is different, this is also longer than cot [ˈkʰɒt].)
[[diphthong|[ ]]] 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].)
[[nasal vowel|[ ã ]]] French vin blanc [vãblɑ̃] "white wine" A nasal vowel, as with a Texas twang.
[[Voiceless#Voiceless vowels and other sonorants|[ ]]] Sounds like a loud whisper; [n̥] is like a whispered breath through the nose. [l̥] is found in Tibetan Lhasa.
[[Syllabic consonant|[ ]]] English button A consonant without a vowel. (English [n̩] is often transcribed /ən/.)
[[Dental consonant|[ ]]] Spanish dos, French deux The tongue touches the teeth more than it does in English.
[[Aspirated consonant|[ ]]] English come Aspirated consonant, pronounced with a puff of air. Similarly [tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ tɕʰ].
[[Ejective consonant|[ k’ ]]] Zulu ukuza "come" Like a popped [k], pushed from the throat. Similarly [tʼ tʃʼ tsʼ tɬʼ].
[[Tone (linguistics)|[ á ]]] Mandarin [mámā] "mother" High tone (Pinyin: mā) Careful!
The Pinyin Romanization used for Mandarin has these same diacritics, but with different values.
However, Thai Romanization uses them the way the IPA does.
[[Tone (linguistics)|[ ā ]]] Mandarin 妈 [mámā] "mother" Mid tone (Pinyin: ma).
[[Tone (linguistics)|[ à ]]] Mandarin [màdɤ] "horse's" Low tone (Pinyin: mǎ).
[[Tone (linguistics)|[ â ]]] Mandarin 骂 [mâ] "scold" Falling tone (Pinyin: mà).
[[Tone (linguistics)|[ ǎ ]]] Mandarin 麻 [mǎ] "hemp" Rising tone (Pinyin: má).
[[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:

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) due to 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
  • Calibri: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Cambria: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Charis SIL: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Courier New: 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
  • Futura: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Garamond: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Gentium: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Georgia: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Gill Sans: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Helvetica: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Lato: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Liberation Sans: 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 Unicode: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Noto Sans: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Open Sans: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Palatino: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Roboto: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Segoe UI: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Tahoma: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Times New Roman: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Trebuchet MS: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • Verdana: t͡s, d͡z, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, t͡ɬ, k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m
  • (System): 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:

See also

Notes