Fillable Printable International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Template
Fillable Printable International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Template
                        International Phonetic Alphabet Chart Template

CONSONANTS (PULMONIC)  © 2015 IPA
Bilabial Labiodental  Dental  Alveola
r
Postalveola
r
Retroflex Palatal Vela
r
Uvula
r
 Pharyngeal Glottal
Plosive 
Nasal 
Trill 
Tap or Flap 
Fricative 
Lateral 
fricative 
Approximant 
Lateral 
approximant
Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible. 
CONSONANTS (NON-PULMONIC) 
Clicks Voiced implosives Ejectives
Bilabial 
Bilabial 
Examples: 
Dental 
Dental/alveolar 
Bilabial 
(Post)alveolar 
Palatal 
Dental/alveolar 
Palatoalveolar 
Velar 
Velar 
Alveolar lateral 
Uvular 
Alveolar fricative 
VOWELS 
Front Central
Back
Close
Close-mid
Open-mid
Open
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one
to the right represents a rounded vowel.
OTHER SYMBOLS 
Voiceless labial-velar fricative
Alveolo-palatal fricatives
Voiced labial-velar approximant
Voiced alveolar lateral flap
Voiced labial-palatal approximant
Simultaneous and 
Voiceless epiglottal fricative
Affricates and double articulations 
can be represented by two symbols 
joined by a tie bar if necessary.
Voiced epiglottal fricative
Epiglottal plosive
SUPRASEGMENTALS 
Primary stress
Secondary stress
Long
Half-long
Extr
a
-short
Minor (foot) group
Major (intonation) group
Syllable break
Linking (absence of a break)
DIACRITICS  Some diacritics may be placed above a symbol with a descender, e.g. 
Voiceless
Breathy voiced
Dental
Voiced
Creaky voiced
Apical
Aspirated
Linguolabial
Laminal
More rounded
Labialized
Nasalized
Less rounded
Palatalized
Nasal release
Advanced
Velarized
Lateral release
Retracted
Pharyngealized
No audible release
Centralized
Velarized or pharyngealized
Mid-centralized
Raised
(  = voiced alveolar fricative) 
Syllabic
Lowered
(  = voiced bilabial approximant) 
Non-syllabic
Advanced Tongue Root
Rhoticity
Retracted Tongue Root
TONES AND WORD ACCENTS 
LEVEL
CONTOU
R
or 
Extr
a
or Rising
high 
High  Falling
Mid 
Hi
g
h
rising
Low 
Low
rising
Extr
a
  Risin
g
-
low
  falling
Downstep
Global rise 
Upstep
Global fall 
THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (revised to 2015) 
Typefaces: Doulos SIL (metatext); Doulos SIL, IPA Kiel, IPA LS Uni (symbols) 
            
    
