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The International Phonetic Alphabet: A Latin-based alphabet designed for transcribing all sounds of all languages.

The International Phonetic Alphabet: a universal Latin-based alphabet whose goal is to represent every sound in the world's languages.

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Does an IPA to 'English' translator exist?

IPA is really tricky to read, especially for beginners like me. Are there any online tools that can almost 'convert' pasted IPA into phonetic pronunciations or similar? I've tried Wolfram|Alpha which doesn't seem to understand IPA, and a Google…
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IPA, Why Is It Ordered That Way?

The IPA lists Plosives first, then Nasals, then Trills, then Taps, then Fricatives, then Approximants. Why is it ordered that way? I wondered if it was to do with ease of use. However, it doesn't seem that making an "m" sound takes anymore effort…
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Does IPA notation ever get capitalized to match their written counterparts?

Some alphabets capitalize proper nouns, others capitalize all nouns. Does ipa notation ever get capitalized to match their written counterparts? I would assume not, as it might be sending mixed messages - especially if they could represent different…
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Why is ʌ an open-mid back unrounded vowel?

Consider: I've been studying the vowel chart recently and I don't understand why ʌ is an open-mid back unrounded vowel. Shouldn’t it be a short low central unrounded vowel like in the chart picture I added? Btw, the chart is from my textbook.
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Why do IPA pronunciations pronounce phones in two ways? 1st on their own. 2nd with a vowel /ɑ/ or schwa in front?

I use IPA and oral cavity videos (is this the correct term?) to master phonemes, while I learn second languages. Examples are [ ʎ̝ ] voiced dorsal palatal lateral fricative, [ ʝ ] voiced dorsal palatal non sibilant fricative — by Glossika…
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Seeking IPA study aids (symbol memorization, audio recognition, transcription practice)

Native english speaker here. I recently learned from an intro linguistics class that I have abysmal transcription skills. Can you recommend practice software? I think I'm looking for IPA drills on consonant & vowels, and eventually transcription…
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How to convert a string to their IPA equivalent

I want to take a list of words from diferent languages (each language being a diferent file) and compare such lists by using their IPA equivalents to see how many diferent homophones are shared between diferent languages. It's there any library that…
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IPA letter: m with vertical straight line underneath

I came across the following letter in some documents I'm going through: But I can't seem to find this letter in any IPA tables, nor can I find anyway to type this. How can I find/type this letter? What's it called?
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What IPA sound is the danish "l"-ish sound as in "sidde"?

I have an ASCII system for writing sounds mapped to IPA letters, but I can't figure out what the "l" sound is as in Danish "sidde". It's pronounced sort of like (if I were to try to write it out) "sihlthle". What IPA symbol is that? I don't see it…
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How do I translate a DARPA phonetic alphabet transcription into an IPA transcription

What's the relationship between the DARPA phonetic alphabet transcription into an IPA transcriptions? Is it possible to map a transcription from one system directly into the other? Is it possible in one direction and not the other? Is there software…
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Wikipedia and official IPA symbol chart appear quite different

So I am learning the IPA. I am familiar with most of the manners and places thus far. However, I am not sure which consonant chart to reference. The 2 charts I am considering seem quite different, albeit I haven't gone over them with a fine comb to…
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Sounds for an Indo-European Language, such as Sinhala?

I speak American English and am trying to learn Sinhala and have found conflicting spelled descriptions of Sinhala words in various learning resources, so I started trying to figure out how to notate more accurately once I hear an authentic native…
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Swedish dalmål "ö" pronounciation

I speak swedish with a heavy dalmål accent and my pronounciation of the swedish ö feels most similar to ɤ̞ in the IPA chart since my tongue is pretty far back. I could not find this mentioned anywhere and am curious why and how common it might be.
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What do full stops represent in IPA?

In the IPA spelling of various words, I have often come across versions that use full stops and colons. E.g. I have seen 'county' spelled /kaʊnti/ and also /kaʊ.nti/ and 'courage' as spelled /kʌrɪdʒ/ as well as /kʌr.ɪdʒ/ Am I correct in thinking…
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Can /∅/ be used transliterate silent characters? (I.P.A.)

I am not to well versed in all of the inner and outer workings of the international phonetic alphabet, and I was curious if /∅/, not to be confused with /ø/, could always be used for silent characters. A fine example would be with the word light,…
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