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This page is about the pronunciation of words in English. For sounds not found in English, see Help:IPA. For a basic introduction to the IPA, see Help:IPA/Introduction. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters. Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of ...
The following tables list the IPA symbols used for English words and pronunciations. Please note that several of these symbols are used in ways that are specific to Wikipedia and differ from those used by dictionaries.
If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. The latest official IPA chart, revised in 2020. 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/English.
For the usage of the IPA on Wikipedia, see Help:IPA/Introduction and Help:IPA/English. This article contains phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of phonetic symbols. The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020.
Pronunciation in Wikipedia should be transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), except in the particular cases noted below. For English pronunciations, broad transcriptions should be used; these are intended to provide a correct interpretation regardless of the reader's accent.
IPA. This article includes inline links to audio files. If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. The latest official IPA chart, revised to 2020. Here is a basic key to the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Several rare IPA symbols are not included.
Help. : Pronunciation. Pronunciation of English words in Wikipedia is most often given in the International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA. The goal is that interpretation should not depend on the reader's dialect, and therefore a broad transcription is generally used. Since this key covers standard British, and Australian pronunciations, not all of ...
