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Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated using the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ). 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.
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The IPA is the international standard for phonetic...
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The International Phonetic Alphabet is occasionally modified...
- Help:IPA/Conventions for English
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Bolinger proposed not to analyze the reduced vowels as mere...
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If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. 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. Several rare IPA symbols are not included; these are found in the main IPA article or on the extensive IPA chart.
SymbolExamples[ a] ⓘModern RP c a t, German Mann, French ...[ ä] ⓘMandarin 他 tā, American English father, ...[ ɐ] ⓘRP cut, German Kaiserslautern[ ɑ] ⓘRP father, French pâte, Dutch badHelp. : IPA/English. Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ). 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 ...
A. [ a] ( listen) German Mann, French gare. For many English speakers, the first part of the ow sound in cow. Found in some dialects of English in cat or father . [ ä] ( listen) Mandarin 他 tā, American English father, Spanish casa, French patte. [ ɐ] ( listen) RP cut, German Kaiserslautern.
