IPA in Unicode

The International Phonetic Alphabet can be represented in Unicode. The following is an attempt at representing the IPA chart, using Unicode

Table of contents

1 Consonants (Pulmonic)
2 Consonants (non-pulmonic)
3 Vowels
4 Other Symbols
5 Suprasegmentals

Consonants (Pulmonic)

IPA Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal

Plosive p t ʈ c k q ʢ ʔ

b d ɖ g
Nasal m ɱ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Trill ʙ r ʀ
Tap or Flap ɾ ɽ
Fricative ɸ f ɵ s ʃ ʂ ç x χ ħ ʜ h
β v ð z ʒ ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʢ ɦ
Lateral Fricative ɬ

ɮ
Approximant ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ
Lateral approximant l ɭ ʎ ʟ

IPA	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Epiglottal	Glottal
Plosive	p		t	ʈ	c	k	q		ʢ	ʔ
b		d	ɖ		g
Nasal	m	ɱ	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ	ɴ
Trill	ʙ		r				ʀ
Tap or Flap			ɾ	ɽ
Fricative	ɸ	f	ɵ	s	ʃ	ʂ	ç	x	χ	ħ	ʜ	h
β	v	ð	z	ʒ	ʐ	ʝ	ɣ	ʁ	ʕ	ʢ	ɦ
Lateral Fricative			ɬ
		ɮ
Approximant		ʋ	ɹ	ɻ	j	ɰ
Lateral approximant			l	ɭ	ʎ	ʟ

        





       



     

     
Bilabial
Labiodental
Dental
Alveolar
Postalveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Glottal

     Plosive
p b


t d

ƫ ɗ
c ɟ
k g
q ɢ

ʔ
Nasal
m
  ɱ
  n 
  ɳ
  ɲ
  ŋ
  ɴ
Trill
  ʙ
  
  r 
  
  
  
  ʀ
  
Tap or Flap
  
  ɾ
  ɼ
  
Fricative
  ɸ β
  f v
  θ ð
  s z
  ʃ ʒ
  ʂ ʐ
  ç ʝ
  x ɣ
  χ ʁ
  ħ ˁ
  h ɦ
  
Lateral fricative
           
  ɬ ɮ
  
Approximant
  ɺ
  
  ɹ
  ɻ
  j ɰ
Lateral approximant
  
  l ɭ
  ʎ ʟ

Consonants (non-pulmonic)

	Clicks		Voiced implosives		Ejectives
ʘ	Bilabial	ɓ	Bilabial	ʼ	as in:
ǀ	Dental	ɗ	Dental/alveolar	pʼ	Bilabial
ǃ	Alveolar (retroflex)	ʄ	Palatal	tʼ	Dental/aveolar
ǂ	Palatoaveolar (alveolar)	ɠ	Velar	kʼ	Velar
ǁ	Aveolar lateral (lateral)	ʛ	Uvular	sʼ	Alveolar fricative

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
Close	i y		ɨ ʉ		ɯ u
		ɪ ʏ		ʊ
Close-mid	e ø		ɘ ɵ		ɤ o
Mid			ə
Open-mid	ɛ œ		ɜ ɞ		ʌ ɔ
	æ		ɐ
Open	a ɶ				ɑ ɒ

Other Symbols

 
   ʍ Voiceless labial-velar fricative
   w Voiced labial-velar approximant
   ɥ Voiced labial-palatal approximant
   ʜ Voiceless epiglottal fricative
   ʢ Voiced epiglottal fricative
   ʢ Epiglottal plosive
   ɕ ʑ Alveolo-palatal fricatives
   ɺ Alveolar lateral flap
   ɧ Simultaneous ʃ and x

Suprasegmentals

     
ˈ Primary stress
ˌ Secondary stress
ː Long
ˑ Half-long
˘ Extra-short
. Syllable break

ʍ	Voiceless labial-velar fricative
w	Voiced labial-velar approximant
ɥ	Voiced labial-palatal approximant
ʜ	Voiceless epiglottal fricative
ʢ	Voiced epiglottal fricative
ʢ	Epiglottal plosive
ɕ ʑ	Alveolo-palatal fricatives
ɺ	Alveolar lateral flap
ɧ	Simultaneous ʃ and x

ˈ	Primary stress
ˌ	Secondary stress
ː	Long
ˑ	Half-long
˘	Extra-short
.	Syllable break