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List of Common IPA symbols

Consonants

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
p	voiceless bilabial plosive, English p	p
b	voiced bilabial plosive, English b	b
t	voiceless alveolar (sometimes: dental) plosive, English t	t
d	voiced alveolar (sometimes: dental) plosive, English d	d
tʃ	voiceless palato-alveolar affricate, English ch	H
dʒ	voiced palato-alveolar affricate, English j	x
k	voiceless velar plosive, English k	k
ɡ	voiced velar plosive, English 'hard' g	g
f	voiceless labiodental fricative, English f	f
v	voiced labiodental fricative, English v	v
θ	voiceless dental fricative, English th	8
ð	voiced dental fricative, English father	D
s	voiceless alveolar fricative, English s	s
z	voiced alveolar fricative, English z	z
ʃ	voiceless plato-alveolar fricative, English sh	S
ʒ	voiced plato-alveolar fricative, in English measure	3
m	voiced bilabial nasal, English m	m
n	voiced alveolar (sometimes:dental) nasal, English n	n
ŋ	voiced velar nasal, English ng	N
h	voiceless glottal fricative, English h	h
l	voiced alveolar lateral, English l	l
r	voiced post-alveolar approximant, in English red	r
w	voiced labial-velar approximant (semivowel), English w	w
j	voiced palatal approximant (semivowel), English y in yet	j

Vowels

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
iː	close front unrounde vowel, English fleece, key	i:
ɪ	lax (lowered-centralized) [i], English kit	I
ʊ	lax (lowered-centralized) [u], English foot	U
uː	close back rounded vowel, English goose	u:
e	close-mid front unrounded vowel	e
ə	mid central unround vowel. The ə vowel ("schwa") is the most frequently ocurrying vowel in English and is always  associated with weak syllables. Not all weak syllables contain ə, though many do.	E
ɜː	mid central unrounded vowel	B:
ɔː	open-mid back rounded vowel; English north, thought	C:
æ	raised open front unrounded vowel; English trap, bad	X
ʌ	open-mid back unrounded vowel	V
ɑː	open back unrounded vowel, English father	A:
ɒ	open back rounded vowel	O

Diphthongs

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
ɪə		IE
eɪ		eI
ʊə		UE
ɔɪ		CI
əʊ		EU
oʊ		oU
eə		eE
aɪ		aI
aʊ		aU

Stress

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
ˈ	(primary) stress mark	'
ˌ	secondary stress	,

Syllabic

Symbol	Description	Shortcut
̩	syllabic	!