Guide:IPA
Consonant charts
Pulmonic consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvelar | Pharyngeal/Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m̥ m | ɱ | n̪ | n̥ n | n̠ | ɳ | ɲ̥ ɲ | ŋ̊ ŋ | ɴ | |||
| Plosive | p b | p̪ b̪ | t̪ d̪ | t d | t̠ d̠ | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | k g | q ɢ | ʡ | ʔ | |
| Affricate | p͡ɸ b͡β | p̪͡f b̪͡v | t̪͡θ d̪͡ð | t͡s d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ | t͡ɕ d͡ʑ | c͡ç ɟ͡ʝ | k͡x g͡ɣ | |||
| Fricative | ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z θ̠ ð̠ |
ʃ ʒ | ʂ ʐ | ɕ ʑ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ʕ | h ɦ |
| Approximant | β̞ | ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | ʁ̞ | |||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ɽ͡r | ʀ | ʜ ʢ | |||||||
| Flap or tap | ⱱ̟ | ⱱ | ɾ | ɽ | ɢ̆ | ʡ̯ | ||||||
| Lateral fric. | ɬ ɮ | ɭ˔̊ | ʎ̥˔ | ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝ | ||||||||
| Lateral app. | l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||
| Lateral flap | ɺ | ɺ̠ | ʎ̯ |
Multiarticulated
Non-pulmonic consonants
Ejectives
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pʼ | tʼ | ʈʼ | cʼ | kʼ | qʼ | |||||||
| Affricate | p͡ɸʼ | p̪͡fʼ | t͡ʃʼ | ʈ͡ʂʼ | t͡ɕʼ | c͡çʼ | k͡xʼ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸʼ | fʼ | θʼ | sʼ | ʃʼ | ʂʼ | ɕʼ | çʼ | xʼ | χʼ |
Implosives
Clicks
Vowel chart
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | ɨ ʉ | ɯ u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ ʏ | ɪ̈ ʊ̈ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e ø | ɘ ɵ | ɤ o | ||
| Mid | e̞ ø̞ | ə | ɤ̞ o̞ | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ œ | ɜ ɞ | ʌ ɔ | ||
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
| Open | a ɶ | ä | ɑ ɒ |
Here is another version of the vowel chart:
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
| Near‑open | |||||
| Open | |||||