Template:H:IPA/doc

This is a template used by {{IPAc-en}} to display IPA, generating for each phoneme a tooltip with an example of the pronunciation and a link to Help:IPA/English.

Input options	Output
	Text	Tooltip
b	b	'b' in 'buy'
d	d	'd' in 'dye'
ᵈ (d)	(d)	optional /d/ in 'sang-froid' or 'placid' (rare)
dj dy dʲ	dj	/dj/ 'd' in 'dew'
ð D dh	ð	/ð/ 'th' in 'thy'
dʒ J dZ dzh ʤ	dʒ	/dʒ/ 'j' in 'jam'
f	f	'f' in 'find'
ɡ g	ɡ	'g' in 'guy'
h	h	'h' in 'hi'
j y	j	/j/ 'y' in 'yes'
k	k	'k' in 'kind'
l ɫ	l	'l' in 'lie'
lj ly lʲ	lj	/lj/ 'l' in 'lute'
m	m	'm' in 'my'
n	n	'n' in 'no'
nj ny nʲ	nj	/nj/ 'n' in 'new'
ŋ N ng	ŋ	/ŋ/ 'ng' in 'sing'
ŋg ngg Ng	ŋɡ	/ŋɡ/ 'ng' in 'finger'
θ T th	θ	/θ/ 'th' in 'thigh'
θj thy thj θʲ	θj	/θj/ 'th' in 'enthusiasm'
p	p	'p' in 'pie'
r ɹ ɻ	r	'r' in 'rye'
s	s	's' in 'sigh'
sj sy sʲ	sj	/sj/ 's' in 'suit'
ʃ S sh	ʃ	/ʃ/ 'sh' in 'shy'
t	t	't' in 'tie'
ᵗ (t)	(t)	optional /t/
tj ty tʲ	tj	/tj/ 't' in 'tune'
tʃ C ch tS ʧ	tʃ	/tʃ/ 'ch' in 'china'
v	v	'v' in 'vie'
w	w	'w' in 'wind'
hw ʍ wh	hw	/hw/ 'wh' in 'why'
z	z	'z' in 'zebra'
zj zy zʲ	zj	/zj/ 'z' in 'Zeus'
ʒ Z zh	ʒ	/ʒ/ 's' in 'pleasure'
x kh	x	/x/ 'ch' in 'loch'
ʔ ?	ʔ	/ʔ/ the catch in 'uh-oh'
ɑː A: ah aa ɑ: ä â	ɑː	/ɑː/ 'a' in 'spa'
ɑr ar ɑɹ är âr aːr a:r ɑ:r ɑːr Ar	ɑr	/ɑr/ 'ar' in 'bard'
ɒ Q ŏ	ɒ	/ɒ/ short 'o' in 'body'
ɒː Q:	ɒː	/ɒː/ variable 'o' in 'coffee'
ɒ̃ ɑ̃ ɒ~ ɑ~ ã a~ Q~	ɒ̃	/ɒ̃/ nasal 'an' in 'vin blanc'
ɒr ŏr Qr	ɒr	/ɒr/ 'or' in 'moral'
æ ae & { } ă	æ	/æ/ short 'a' in 'bad'
aː a:	aː	/aː/ variable 'a' in 'bath'
aɪ ai aI ye eye ī	aɪ	/aɪ/ long 'i' in 'tide'
aɪər aɪr aIr īr aɪə yr	aɪər	/aɪər/ 'ire' in 'fire'
aʊ au aU ow	aʊ	/aʊ/ 'ou' in 'pout'
aʊər aʊr aUr aʊə aur	aʊər	/aʊər/ 'our' in 'hour'
ɛ E ĕ	ɛ	/ɛ/ short 'e' in 'bed'
ɛr Er ĕr err	ɛr	/ɛr/ 'err' in 'merry'
eɪ ei eI ay ā eː e:	eɪ	/eɪ/ long 'a' in 'base'
ær aer &r æɹ ăr arr	ær	/ær/ 'arr' in 'marry'
ɛər eir eIr e@r E@r air ɛɪɹ eɪr eːr e:r ɛəɹ ār ɛə	ɛər	/ɛər/ 'are' in 'bare'
ɪ I ĭ	ɪ	/ɪ/ short 'i' in 'bid'
ɪr ĭr irr	ɪr	/ɪr/ 'irr' in 'mirror'
iː i: ee ē	iː	/iː/ long 'e' in 'seed'
ɪər i:r iːr I@r i@r eer ɪəɹ iːɹ ēr ɪə	ɪər	/ɪər/ 'ear' in 'beard'
ⁱ (i) (ɪ)	(i)	optional /i/ in 'nasturtium'
ᵊ (ə) (@)	(ə)	optional /ə/ in 'jewelry'
ʲ (j) (y) ʸ	(j)	optional /j/ in 'nucleus'
ɔː O O: aw ɔ: ô	ɔː	/ɔː/ 'au' in 'fraud'
ɔr Or awr ɔɹ ôr ɔ(r)	ɔr	/ɔr/ 'or' in 'born'
ɔɪ oj ɔj oi oɪ ɔi OI oy	ɔɪ	/ɔɪ/ 'oy' in 'boy'
ɔɪər ɔɪr oyr ɔɪə	ɔɪər	/ɔɪər/ 'oir' in 'loir' (rare)
oʊ o: oː ou oU @u @U oh oe əʊ əu ɔʊ ɔu ō	oʊ	/oʊ/ long 'o' in 'code'
ɔər oUr ohr ɔəɹ ɔʊɹ oʊɹ oʊr oːr o:r ōr ɔə ɔə(r)	ɔər	/ɔər/ 'ore' in 'bore'
ʊ U uu ŏŏ	ʊ	/ʊ/ short 'oo' in 'foot'
ʊr uur Ur ŏŏr	ʊr	/ʊr/ 'our' in 'courier'
uː u: oo ōō	uː	/uː/ long 'oo' in 'food'
ʊər u:r uːr u@r U@r oor ʊəɹ ōōr ʊə	ʊər	/ʊər/ 'our' in 'tour'
juː ju: yu: yew ew ū yoo	juː	/juː/ long 'u' in 'cute'
jʊər ūr yoor ju:r juːr jʊə	jʊər	/jʊər/ 'ure' in 'cure'
ʌ V ŭ	ʌ	/ʌ/ short 'u' in 'bud'
ʌr urr Vr ʌɹ ŭr	ʌr	/ʌr/ 'urr' in 'hurry'
ɜr 3 3: ɝː ɝ ɜː ɜ: ɜ 3r 3:r @:r @: ɜɹ ûr ɜ(r)	ɜr	/ɜr/ 'ir' in 'bird'
ə schwa @	ə	/ə/ 'u' in 'syrup'
ər ɚ @r əɹ ə(r)	ər	/ər/ 'er' in 'finger'
ən @n ᵊn n̩	ən	/ən/ 'on' in 'button'
ɵ o o- ou- oʊ-	ɵ	/ɵ/ variable 1st 'o' in 'omission'
əm @m ᵊm m̩	əm	/əm/ 'm' in 'rhythm'
ɨ ɪ i- I- ɪ-	ɨ	/ɨ/ 'e' in 'roses'
ʉ ʊ u- U- ʊ-	ʉ	/ʉ/ variable 2nd 'u' in 'beautiful'
jʉ jʊ yʊ ju- yu- jU- yU- jʊ-	jʉ	/jʉ/ variable 2nd 'u' in 'curriculum'
əl @l ᵊl əɫ l̩	əl	/əl/ 'le' in 'bottle'
i	i	/i/ 'y' in 'happy'
u	u	/u/ variable 'oo' in 'bedroom'
ˈ ' "	ˈ	/ˈ/ primary stress follows
ˌ , %	ˌ	/ˌ/ secondary stress follows
. ·	.	/./ syllable break
- –	-	/-/ affix
,_	,
_		Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
and	/ & /
...		...

Because of the likelihood that they are due to a mistranscription, the ambiguous sequences a, e, o, oo, or, ir, er, ur are unsupported, and will place the page in an error category for review.