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A
 (i)   [ a ]   a   Mandarin 他 tā, German Mann For many English speakers, the first part of the ow sound in cow. Found in some dialects of English in cat or father.
 (i)   [ ä ]   ä   American English ah, Spanish casa, French patte
 (i)   [ aː ]   aː   German آچن, French gare Long [a].
 (i)   [ ɐ ]   ɐ   RP cut, German کائزرسلائوٹرن (In transcriptions of English, [ɐ] is usually written ⟨ʌ⟩.)
 (i)   [ ɑ ]   ɑ   Finnish Linna, Dutch bad
 (i)   [ ɑː ]   ɑː   RP father, French pâte Long [ɑ].
 (i)   [ ɑ̃ ]   ɑ̃   French کان (فرانس), sans, temps Nasalized [ɑ].
 (i)   [ ɒ ]   ɒ   RP cot Like [ɑ], but with the lips slightly rounded.
 (i)   [ ʌ ]   ʌ   American English cut Like [ɔ], but without the lips being rounded. (When ⟨ʌ⟩ is used for English, it may really be [ɐ] or [ɜ].)
 (i)   [ æ ]   æ   RP cat
B
 (i)   [ b ]   b   English babble
 (i)   [ ɓ ]   ɓ   Swahili bwana Like a [b] said with a gulp. See درانفجاری حروف صحیح.
 (i)   [ β ]   β   Spanish la Bamba, Kinyarwanda abana "children" Like [b], but with the lips not quite touching.
C
 (i)   [ c ]   c   Turkish kebap "kebab", Czech stín "shadow", Greek και "and" Between English tune (RP) and cute. Sometimes used instead for [tʃ] in languages like Hindi.
 (i)   [ ç ]   ç   German Ich More of a y-coloration (more palatal) than [x]. Some English speakers have a similar sound in huge. To produce this sound, try whispering loudly the word "ye" as in "Hear ye!".
 (i)   [ ɕ ]   ɕ   Mandarin شیان, Polish ściana More y-like than [ʃ]; something like English she.
 (i)   [ ɔ ]   ɔ   see under O
D
 (i)   [ d ]   d   English dad
 (i)   [ ɗ ]   ɗ   Swahili Dodoma Like [d] said with a gulp.
 (i)   [ ɖ ]   ɖ   American English harder Like [d] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
 (i)   [ ð ]   ð   English the, bathe
 (i)   [ dz ]1   dz   English adds, Italian zero
 (i)   [ dʒ ]1   dʒ   English judge
 (i)   [ dʑ ]1   dʑ   Polish niewiedź "bear" Like [dʒ], but with more of a y-sound.
 (i)   [ dʐ ]1   dʐ   Polish em "jam" Like [dʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
E
 (i)   [ e ]   e   Spanish fe; French clé
 (i)   [ eː ]   eː   German Klee Long [e]. Similar to English hey, before the y sets in.
 (i)   [ ə ]   ə   English above, Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" (Only occurs in English when not stressed.)
 (i)   [ ɚ ]   ɚ   American English runner
 (i)   [ ɛ ]   ɛ   English bet
[ ɛ̃ ]   ɛ̃   French سینٹ-ایٹیینے, vin, main Nasalized [ɛ].
 (i)   [ ɜ ]   ɜ   RP bird (long)
[ ɝ ]   ɝ   American English bird
F
 (i)   [ f ]   f   English fun
 (i)   [ ɟ ]   ɟ   see under J
 (i)   [ ʄ ]   ʄ   see under J
G
 (i)   [ ɡ ]   ɡ   English gag (Should look like  . No different from a Latin "g")
 (i)   [ ɠ ]   ɠ   Swahili Uganda Like [ɡ] said with a gulp.
 (i)   [ ɢ ]   ɢ   Like [ɡ], but further back, in the throat. Found in Persian and some Arabic dialects for /q/, as in معمر قذافی.
 (i)   [ ʒ ]   ʒ   see under Z English beige.
H
 (i)   [ h ]   h   American English house
 (i)   [ ɦ ]   ɦ   English ahead, when said quickly.
[ ʰ ] The extra puff of air in English top [tʰɒp] compared to stop [stɒp], or to French or Spanish [t].
 (i)   [ ħ ]   ħ   Arabic محمد Muhammad Far down in the throat, like [h], but stronger.
 (i)   [ ɥ ]   ɥ   see under Y
[ ɮ ]   ɮ   see under L
I
 (i)   [ i ]   i   French ville, Spanish بلدولید
 (i)   [ iː ]   iː   English sea Long [i].
 (i)   [ ɪ ]   ɪ   English sit
 (i)   [ ɨ ]   ɨ   Russian ты "you" Often used for unstressed English roses.
J
 (i)   [ j ]   j   English yes, hallelujah, German Junge
[ ʲ ]   ʲ   Russian Ленин [ˈlʲenʲɪn] Indicates a sound is more y-like.
 (i)   [ ʝ ]   ʝ   Spanish cayo (some dialects) Like [j], but stronger.
 (i)   [ ɟ ]   ɟ   Turkish gör "see", Czech díra "hole" Between English dew (RP) and argue. Sometimes used instead for [dʒ] in languages like Hindi.
 (i)   [ ʄ ]   ʄ   Swahili jambo Like [ɟ] said with a gulp.
K
 (i)   [ k ]   k   English kick, skip
L
 (i)   [ l ]   l   English leaf
 (i)   [ ɫ ]   ɫ   English wool
Russian малый [ˈmɑɫɨj] "small"
"Dark" el.
 (i)   [ ɬ ]   ɬ   Welsh llwyd [ɬʊɪd] "grey"
Zulu hlala [ɬaːla] "sit"
By touching roof of mouth with tongue and giving a quick breath out. Found in ویلش زبان placenames like Llangollen and Llanelli and نیلسن منڈیلا's Xhosa name Rolihlahla.
 (i)   [ ɭ ]   ɭ   Like [l] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
 (i)   [ ɺ ]   ɺ   A flapped [l], like [l] and [ɾ] said together.
 (i)   [ ɮ ]   ɮ   Zulu dla "eat" Rather like [l] and [ʒ], or [l] and [ð], said together.
M
 (i)   [ m ]   m   English mime
 (i)   [ ɱ ]   ɱ   English symphony Like [m], but lips touch teeth as they do in [f].
[ ɯ ]   ɯ   see under W
 (i)   [ ʍ ]   ʍ   see under W
N
 (i)   [ n ]   n   English nun
 (i)   [ ŋ ]   ŋ   English sing
 (i)   [ ɲ ]   ɲ   Spanish Peña, French champagne Rather like English canyon.
 (i)   [ ɳ ]   ɳ   Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳ] Varuna Like [n] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
 (i)   [ ɴ ]   ɴ   Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] Like [ŋ], but further back, in the throat.
O
 (i)   [ o ]   o   Spanish no, French eau
 (i)   [ oː ]   oː   German Boden, French Vosges Long [o]. Somewhat reminiscent of English no.
 (i)   [ ɔ ]   ɔ   German Oldenburg, French Garonne
 (i)   [ ɔː ]   ɔː   RP law, French لیموژ Long [ɔ].
 (i)   [ ɔ̃ ]   ɔ̃   French لیون, son Nasalized [ɔ].
 (i)   [ ø ]   ø   French feu, bœufs Like [e], but with the lips rounded like [o].
 (i)   [ øː ]   øː   German گوئٹے, French Dle, neutre Long [ø].
 (i)   [ ɵ ]   ɵ   Swedish dum Halfway between [o] and [ø]. Similar to [ʊ] but with the tongue slightly more down and front.
 (i)   [ œ ]   œ   French bœuf, seul, German Göttingen Like [ɛ], but with the lips rounded like [ɔ].
 (i)   [ œː ]   œː   French œuvre, heure Long [œ].
 (i)   [ œ̃ ]   œ̃   French brun, parfum Nasalized [œ].
 (i)   [ θ ]   θ   see under other
 (i)   [ ɸ ]   ɸ   see under other
P
 (i)   [ p ]   p   English pip
Q
 (i)   [ q ]   q   Arabic قرآن Like [k], but further back, in the throat.
R
 (i)   [ r ]   r   Spanish perro, Scots borrow "Rolled R". (Generally used for English [ɹ] when there's no need to be precise.)
 (i)   [ ɾ ]   ɾ   Spanish pero, Tagalog daliri, Malay kabar, American English kitty/kiddie "Flapped R".
 (i)   [ ʀ ]   ʀ   Dutch rood and German rot (some speakers) A trill in the back of the throat. Found for /r/ in some conservative registers of French.
 (i)   [ ɽ ]   ɽ   Hindi साड़ी [sɑːɽiː] "sari" Like flapped [ɾ], but with the tongue curled back.
 (i)   [ ɹ ]   ɹ   RP borrow
 (i)   [ ɻ ]   ɻ   American English borrow, butter Like [ɹ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back, as pronounced by many English speakers.
 (i)   [ ʁ ]   ʁ   French پیرس, German برنہارڈ ریمان Said back in the throat, but not trilled.
S
 (i)   [ s ]   s   English sass
 (i)   [ ʃ ]   ʃ   English shoe
 (i)   [ ʂ ]   ʂ   Mandarin 少林 (Shàolín), Russian الیکزاندرپشکن Acoustically similar to [ʃ], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
T
 (i)   [ t ]   t   English tot, stop
 (i)   [ ʈ ]   ʈ   Hindi ठग [ʈʰəɡ] (thug) "thief" Like [t], but with the tongue curled or pulled back.
 (i)   [ ts ]2   ts   English cats, Russian царь tsar
 (i)   [ tʃ ] 2   tʃ   English church
 (i)   [ tɕ ]2   tɕ   Mandarin 北京  (i)   Běijīng, Polish ciebie "you" Like [tʃ], but with more of a y-sound.
 (i)   [ tʂ ]2   tʂ   Mandarin zh, Polish czas Like [tʃ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
U
 (i)   [ u ]   u   French vous "you"
 (i)   [ uː ]   uː   French Rocquencourt, German مائیکل شوماکر, close to RP food Long [u].
 (i)   [ ʊ ]   ʊ   English foot, German Bundesrepublik
 (i)   [ ʉ ]   ʉ   Australian English food (long) Like [ɨ], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
 (i)   [ ɥ ]   ɥ   see under Y
 (i)   [ ɯ ]   ɯ   see under W
V
 (i)   [ v ]   v   English verve
 (i)   [ ʋ ]   ʋ   Hindi वरुण [ʋəruɳə] "Varuna" Between [v] and [w]. Used by some Germans and Russians for v/w, and by some speakers of British English for r.
 (i)   [ ɤ ]   ɤ   see under Y
[ ɣ ]   ɣ   see under Y
[ ʌ ]   ʌ   see under A
W
 (i)   [ w ]   w   English wow
[ ʷ ]   ʷ   English rain [ɹʷeɪn] Indicates a sound has lip rounding, quick.
 (i)   [ ʍ ]   ʍ   what (some dialects) like [h] and [w] said together
 (i)   [ ɯ ]   ɯ   Turkish kayık "caïque" Like [u], but with the lips flat; something like [ʊ].
 (i)   [ ɰ ]   ɰ   Spanish agua
X
 (i)   [ x ]   x   Scottish English loch, German جوہن باخ, Russian хороший [xɐˈroʂɨj] "good", Spanish joven between [k] and [h]
 (i)   [ χ ]   χ   northern Standard Dutch Scheveningen, Castilian Spanish Don Juan [doɴˈχwan] Like [x], but further back , in the throat. Some German and Arabic speakers have [χ] for [x].
Y
 (i)   [ y ]   y   French rue Like [i], but with the lips rounded as for [u].
 (i)   [ yː ]   yː   German Bülow, French sûr Long [y].
 (i)   [ ʏ ]   ʏ   German ڈسلڈورف Like [ɪ], but with the lips rounded as for [ʊ].
 (i)   [ ɣ ]   ɣ   Arabic / Swahili ghali "expensive", Spanish suegro Sounds rather like French [ʁ] or between [ɡ] and [h].
 (i)   [ ɤ ]   ɤ   Mandarin ہینان Like [o] but without the lips rounded, something like a cross of [ʊ] and [ʌ].
 (i)   [ ʎ ]   ʎ   Italian tagliatelle Like [l], but more y-like. Rather like English volume.
 (i)   [ ɥ ]   ɥ   French lui Like [j] and [w] said together.
Z
 (i)   [ z ]   z   English zoos
 (i)   [ ʒ ]   ʒ   English vision, French journal
 (i)   [ ʑ ]   ʑ   formal Russian жжёшь [ʑːoʂ] "you burn", Polish źle More y-like than [ʒ], something like beigey.
 (i)   [ ʐ ]   ʐ   Mandarin 人民日报 Rénmín Rìbào "People's Daily", Russian жир "fat" Like [ʒ] with the tongue curled or pulled back.
[ ɮ ]   ɮ   see under L
Other
 (i)   [ θ ]   θ   English thigh, bath
 (i)   [ ɸ ]   ɸ   Japanese 富士 [ɸɯdʑi] کوہ فیوجی, Māori [ˌɸaːɾeːˈnuiː] wharenui Like [p], but with the lips not quite touching
 (i)   [ ʔ ]   ʔ   English uh-oh, Hawaii, German die Angst The 'glottal stop', a catch in the breath. For some people, found in button [ˈbʌʔn̩], or between vowels across words: Deus ex machina [ˌdeɪəsˌʔɛksˈmɑːkɨnə]; in some nonstandard dialects, in a apple [ʌˈʔæpl̩].
 (i)   [ ʕ ]   ʕ   Arabic عربي carabī "Arabic" A light sound deep in the throat.
 (i)   [ ǀ ]   ǀ   English tsk-tsk! or tut-tut!, Zulu icici "earring" (The English click used for disapproval.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǀ ], [ ɡǀ ], [ ŋǀ ]. The Zimbabwean MP Ncube has this click in his name, as did Cetshwayo.
 (i)   [ ǁ ]   ǁ   English tchick! tchick!, Zulu ixoxo "frog" (The English click used to urge on a horse.) Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǁ ], [ ɡǁ ], [ ŋǁ ]. Found in the name of the Xhosa.
 (i)   [ ǃ ]   ǃ   Zulu iqaqa "polecat" (The English click used to imitate the trotting of a horse.) A hollow popping sound, like a cork pulled from a bottle. Several distinct sounds, written as digraphs, including [ kǃ ], [ ɡǃ ], [ ŋǃ ].
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