Alfabeto fonetico internazionale

History

In1886,agroupofEnglishandFrenchlanguageteachersledbyFrenchlinguistPaulPassyformedasocietytocreateasetofThephonetictranscriptionsystemforwritingandrecordinghumanlanguages​​isthepredecessoroftheInternationalPhoneticSocietyafter1897.

Thephoneticalphabettheyoriginallyusedwasbasedonaspellingreform,thatis,theRomicalphabet.Inordertomakeitusableinotherlanguages,thephoneticvaluerepresentedbythesymbolisallowedtovarywiththelanguage.Thechangewillchange.Forexample,[ʃ]wasoriginallyexpressedas⟨sh⟩inEnglish,but⟨ch⟩inFrench.

Butin1888,thesephoneticletterswererevisedintosymbolsthatwereuniformineachlanguage,andtheywerepublishedon"PhoneticTeachers"(thepredecessorof"InternationalPhoneticAssociation"-"PhoneticTeachers"ThisisthefirstIPAlistinhistory,andithasalsobecomethebasisforallfuturerevisions.Theideaof​​formulatingtheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetwasoriginallyproposedbyOttoJesperseninalettertoPaulPass.ItwaslaterimplementedbyAlexanderJohnEllis,HenrySweet,DanielJonesandPassy.

ThisinternationalphoneticalphabetwascreatedbyscholarsinBritainandFrance.ItismainlysuitableformarkingIndo-Europeanlanguages,Africanlanguages​​andsomeminoritylanguages.Afteritwaspublished,itbecamemorepopularinEuropeanlinguisticscircles.MostAmericansstillusetheirownresearchonAmericanIndiansymbols.TherearesomesoundsinthedialectsofChinese,whichcannotbeincludedinthistable.Thereareonly8tonalsymbolsspecifiedintheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,whichisnotenoughforthestudyoftonallanguages.ChineselinguistZhaoYuanrenproposedtheLatinalphabetoftones,whichwaspublishedin"TeacherofPhonetics"in1930.Itisapplicabletoalltonallanguages​​andhasbeenadoptedbymostscholarsintheworld.

Sinceitsformulation,theInternationalPhoneticAlphabethasundergonemanyrevisions.Aftermajorrevisionsandexpansionsin1900and1932,theIPAremainedunchangeduntiltheInternationalPhoneticAssociationKielConventionin1989.

Anotherminorrevisionwasmadein1993,addinghalf-opencentralunroundedvowelsanddeletingspecialsymbolsforunvoicedinnerbrokensounds.ArevisioninMay2005addedalip-toothflickerthatisverycommoninAfricanlanguages.Exceptfortheincreaseanddecreaseofsymbols,theInternationalPhoneticAlphabetismostlyconsistentinothersymbols,classificationsandfonts.

Afterseveralrevisions,theversionrevisedin2020isnowprevailing.

Description

ItisbasedontheLatinalphabet,butduetothelargedifferencesinhumanphonetics,thelimitedLatinalphabetisfarfromenough,sothemethodofchangingthefontandborrowingthelettersofotherlanguagesToadd.Intermsofpronunciation,inordertotakecareofthehabit,mostsymbolsarebasedontheprincipleofstillreadingtheoriginalsoundsofLatinorotherlanguages.

Therefore,intheformoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,thelowercaseprintoftheLatinalphabet(Romanalphabet)ismainlyused,forexample:[a,b,c,d,f,g,h,i,j,k,P]etc.Whenitisnotenough,thefollowingmethodsareusedtosupplement:

(1)Latincapitalprintingorwriting(cursive),forexample:smallcapitalprinting[ɴ,ʀ,ɢ,ʙ,ʜ]Etc.,[ɑ](handwrittena),[ʋ](cursivev);

(2)TransformationorinversionofLatinletters,forexample:[ə](invertede,anothersayyesCyrillicandnon-SlaviclettersSchwa),deformed[ɕ](curltailc),[ɖ](rightcurvedtaild),[ŋ](longrightlegn),[ʃ](extendeds),etc.

(3)Borrowotherlanguageletters,forexample:[ε](Greek),[θ](Greek),[ɫ](Polish),[ø](Danish),[ç](Catalan)andsoon.

(4)Newletters,forexample:[ɤ]etc.

(5)Addsymbolstotheletters,forexample:[ʉ](plusahorizontalu)andsoon.

TheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetwascreatedbyscholarsinBritainandFrance.ItismainlyusedtoindicatetheIndo-Europeanlanguages,Africanlanguages​​andsomeminoritylanguages.Afteritwaspublished,itbecamemorepopularinEuropeanlinguistics.MostAmericansstillusetheirownresearchonAmericanIndiansymbols.

SomesoundsinChinesedialectscannotbeincludedinthistable.Forexample,theapexvowelsinMandarinwererevisedbySwedishSinologistGaoBenhan;mostofthepalatalizedconsonantsinWudialectwereproposedbyphoneticologistZhaoYuanren.

Thereareonly8tonalsymbolsspecifiedintheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,whichisnotenoughforthestudyoftonallanguages.ZhaoYuanrenproposedtheLatinalphabetoftones,whichwaspublishedin"TeacherofPhonetics"in1930.Itwascalled"tonealphabet".Itisapplicabletoalltonallanguages​​andhasbeenadoptedbymostscholarsintheworld.

IntheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,squarebrackets[]ordoubleslashes//areusedtoindicate(seebelowfordetails)todistinguishthemfromordinaryletters.

Inaddition,fortheconvenienceofrecording,theInternationalPhoneticSocietyhasalsostipulatedasetof"diacritics(additionalsymbols)"forsomeimportantphonologicalaccompanyingphenomena.Forexample:"~"abovetheletterisnasalization(ẽ),forcedaspiration(smallhintheupperrightcorner),p'(weakaspiration),aː(fulllengtha),aˑ(halflength)a)Wait.Genericsymbolsandspecialsymbolsarenolongergivenexamples.

Note:DuetothefontlimitationofBaiduBaike,pleaserefertotheIPAofficialwebsiteorrelatedbooksforthespecificcharacterlist.Pleaserefertothewebsiteforallinternationalphoneticsymbols.

Advantages

TheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetstrictlystipulatestheprincipleof"onenote,onenote,onenote,onenote",thatis,"onephoneme,onesymbol,andonephoneme,onesymbol."

Inlanguages​​usingpinyinschemes,thereareoftenseveralpronunciationsofthesameletterindifferentwords.Forexample:the"i"inEnglishlikeandlitaremarkedwithinternationalphoneticaccents,whichare[ai]and[ı]respectively.Anotherexample:theaofban(班)andbang(邦)inMandarinPinyinare[a]and[ɑ]intheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet(fordetails,pleaserefertothe"HanyuPinyinLettersandInternationalPhoneticAlphabetComparisonTable""Entry).

Inaddition,indifferentlanguages,thesamesoundhasdifferentspellings.Forexample:Englishsh,Frenchch,Germansch,Polishsz,andCzechsareactuallythe[ʃ]soundoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet.

ThesearethestrengthsoftheInternationalPhoneticSymbols,thatis,itcanrecordanddistinguishvoicesmorescientificallyandaccurately.Thevoiceisroughlyenough).ThearrangementoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetiseasytoanalyzeandmaster(consonantsareroughlydeterminedaccordingtothepronunciationpositionandpronunciationmethod,andthevowelsaredeterminedaccordingtotheheightofthetongue).

Transcriptionmethod

Themethodofusingphoneticsymbolstomarkspeechiscalledtranscriptionmethod.Generallydividedintotwotypes:stricttranscriptionandbroadtranscription.

Stricttranscription

Torecordavoice,theinitialmethodshouldbestricttranscription.Theso-calledstricttranscriptionmeansthatwhatphonemeappearsisrecordedasthephoneme,andifthereisanaccompanyingphenomenon,itisrecordedastheaccompanyingphenomenon.Nomatterwhatphonemeandanyaccompanyingphenomenaarenotletgo,thatis,themostfaithfulandmeticulousrecordingoftheoriginalappearanceofthevoice.Therefore,stricttranscriptionisalsocalled"phonemetranscription".Forexample:InmodernChinese,thelowerlingualvowelscanbesummarizedasaphoneme/a/.Ifstricttranscriptionisused,theymustbemarkedas[ε],[ᴀ],[a],[ɑ],[œ],[æ],etc.Itscharacteristicisthateveryphonemethatactuallyexistsinalanguageordialect(regardlessofwhethertheybelongtothesamephonemeornot)ismarkedwithaspecificphoneticsymbol.Therefore,strictphonetictranscriptionusesmanyphoneticsymbols,andthedescriptionofthephoneticdescriptionisverydetailed.Mostofthemareusedwheninvestigatingfirst-handmaterials,andonlyoccasionallyinotheroccasions.Strictphoneticsymbolsarerepresentedbysquarebrackets[].

Broad-styletranscription

Theso-calledwide-styletranscriptionistoorganizeaphoneticsystemofspeechonthebasisofstricttranscription,andthenmarkthespeechbyphoneme.Thatis,onlyphonemesarerecorded,notphonemevariantsandothernon-essentialaccompanyingphenomena.Therefore,thewide-styletranscriptionisalsocalled"phonemetranscription".Forexample:InmodernChinese,thereare[ε],[ᴀ],[a],[ɑ]andmanyotherlinguallowvowels,andonly/a/isenoughtousewide-styletranscription.Withwide-styletranscription,thenumberofphoneticsymbolscanbelimitedtoalimitedrange,sothatthephoneticsystemofalanguageordialectcanbereflectedconciselyandclearly.Broadphoneticsymbolsarerepresentedbydoubleslashes//.

PhoneticAlphabetFont

InternationalPhoneticAlphabet(2sheets)

FontmadebySILInternational:

(1)DoulosSILinternationalphoneticalphabetfont

(2)CharisSILfont

OneVerycompleteinternationalfonts,includingLatin,GreekandCyrillicletters,looklikeRomanfonts(Roman,inWindowssystems,itis"TimesNewRoman"-TimesNewRoman),includingnormalfontsanditalicsAndbold.Inadditiontoincludingthecompleteinternationalphoneticsymbols,therearealsotonalsymbolsandthelatestlip-toothphoneticsymbols,aswellasthephoneticsymbolswithpre-combinedadditionalsymbols,andmanynon-standardphoneticsymbols.

Symboltable

Consonants

Mainarticle:Consonants

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Vibrato

ʙ

r̥

r

ɽ͡r̥

ɽ͡r

ʀ̥

ʀ

Lungairflowconsonants

Pulmonaryairflowsoundchart

Location→

Lip

TongueCrown

TongueBack

TongueBase

larynx/glottis

↓Method

Lips

Lipteeth

Teeth

Gum

Post-gingival

Tongueroll

Gingivalpalate

hardpalate

softpalate

uvula

Epiglottis

Pharynx

Nasal

m̥

m

ɱ

n̥

n

ɳ

ɳ

ɲ̊

ɲ

ŋ̊

ŋ

ɴ̥

ɴ

-

Stop(crack)

p

b

p̪

b̪

t̪

d̪

t

d

ʈ

ɖ

c

ɟ

k

ɡ

q

ɢ

ʡ

-

ʔ

--

Therearesibilants

-

ts

dz

tʃ

dʒ

ʈʂ

ɖʐ

tɕ

dʑ

-

Nosibilance

pɸ

bβ

p̪f

b̪v

tθ

dð

tθ̠

dð̠

t̠ɹ̠̊˔

d̠ɹ̠̝

cç

ɟʝ

kx

ɡɣ

qχ

ɢʁ

ʡʜ

ʔh

Therearesibilants

-

s

z

ʃ

ʒ

ʂ

ʐ

ɕ

ʑ

--

Nofricatives

ɸ

β

f

v

θ

ð

θ̱

ð̠

ɹ̠̊˔

ɹ̠̝

ç

ʝ

x

ɣ

χ

ʁ

ʜ

ʢ

ħ

ʕ

h

ɦ

Closesound(Norubbingtone)

ʋ̥

ʋ

ɹ̥

ɹ

ɻ̊

ɻ

j

j

ɰ

ɰ

-

Flashsound(playingsound)

ⱱ̟

ⱱ

ɾ̥

ɾ

ɽ̊

ɽ

-

ɢ̆

ʡ̮

-

-

-

frontierfricative

-

tɬ

dɮ

ʈɭ̝̊

cʎ̥̝

kʟ̝̊

ɡʟ̝

-

sidefricative

-

ɬ

ɮ

ɭ̝̊

ʎ̥̝

ʎ̝

ʟ̝̊

ʟ̝

-

Edgeneartone

-

l̥

l

ɭ̊

ɭ

ʎ̥

ʎ

ʟ̥

ʟ

ʟ̠

-

Sideflashingsound

-

ɺ

ɭ̆

ʎ̯

ʟ̆

-

Note:Themark-isanimpossiblepronunciation;theblankspaceisthatthereisnosuchsoundinknownlanguages,andthefollowingsounds,implosion,Thesoundtableismarkedwiththis.

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Non-pulmonaryairflowconsonants

Non-pulmonaryairflowsoundmap

Singlemouth-talking

ʘ

ʘ̬

ʘ̃

ǀ

ǀ̬

ǀ̃

ǃ

ǃ̬

ǃ̃

ǂ

ǂ̬

ǂ̃

ǁ

ǁ̬

ǁ̃

ǃ˞

ǃ̬˞

ǃ̃˞

Otherchatteringsounds

ʘ̃ˀ

ʘˀ

ˀʘ̃

ʘ͡q

ʘ͡qχ

ʘ͡qʼ

ʘ͡qχʼ

¡

ʞ

implosion

ɓ

ɗ

ᶑ

ʄ

ɠ

ʛ

ɓ̥

ɗ̥

ᶑ̥

ʄ

ɠ

ʛ̥ 

Spraysound

pʼ

tʼ

ʈʼ

cʼ

kʼ

qʼ

ʡʼ

ɸʼ

fʼ

θʼ

sʼ

ɬʼ

ʃʼ

ʂʼ

ɕʼ

çʼ

xʼ

χʼ

tθʼ

tsʼ

tɬʼ

tʃʼ

ʈʂʼ

tɕʼ

cçʼ

cʎ̝̥ʼ

kxʼ

kʟ̝̊ʼ

qχʼ

Continuoustone

Letters

Meaning

ʍ

Clearlip-velarfricative

w

Voicelips-nearsoftpalate

ɥ

Clearlip-hardpalateclosesound

ɥ

Voicelip-hardpalateclosesound

ɫ

turbidSoftpalate-pharyngealnearsound

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Closedsound

Letter

Meaning

k͡p

Clearlip-softpalateburstpronunciation

ɡ͡b

Turbidlips-softpalateExplosivepronunciation

ŋ͡m

Voicelips-softpalatalnasalsounds

ɧorʃ͡x

sjsound(iethecombinationofʃandx)

t͡p

Clearlip-gingivalburstpronunciation

d͡b

Turbidlips-gingivalburstpronunciation

n͡m

Voicelips-gingivalnasalsounds

q͡ʡ

Voiceuvula-epiglottispronunciation

ʩorx͡ħ

clearsoftpalate-pharyngealfricative

ʪ

cleargingivalfricative

ʫ

Voicegingivalfricative

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Sufficientscanberepresentedbyaddingatiebarabovetheletter.Amongthem,affricatescanalsobemarkedbyligatures,buttheInternationalPhoneticAssociationhasnolongeradoptedthismethod,becauseifthismethodisused,alargenumberofnewligaturesmustbecreatedtoexpressallaffricates.Inadditiontousingconnectingarcs,sometimesthesuperscriptmethodusedtoindicateconsonanteliminationcanbeusedtoindicateaffricates.Forexample,tˢcanmeant͡s,andkˣcanmeank͡x.Thecandɟ,whichwereoriginallyusedtodenotethehardpalate,cansometimesbeusedasconvenientwritingmethodsfort͡ʃandd͡ʒorothersimilaraffricates.EventheofficialjournalspublishedbytheInternationalPhoneticAssociationhavesuchwritingmethods,sotheyareinterpretedYoumustbeverycautiousaboutthemeaningof.

african

Tiebar

ligature

Description

t͡s

ʦ

Unvoicedgingivalaffrication

d͡z

ʣ

voicedgingivalaffrication

t͡ʃ

ʧ

Post-clearingaffricates

d͡ʒ

ʤ

Voicepost-gingivalaffrication

t͡ɕ

ʨ

Unvoicedgingivalpalatalplosives

d͡ʑ

ʥ

voicedgingivalpalatalfricative

t͡ɬ

–

Cleargingivalfricative

k͡p

–

Clearlipsandsoftpalatepronunciation

ɡ͡b

–

Turbidlipsandpalateburstpronunciation

ŋ͡m

–

LipovalarNasal

ɡ͡ɣ

–

voicedvelarfricatives

Note:WhenusingArialUnicodeMStorendertheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetinthebrowser,suchsymbolswillbewrongduetotheprogramerrorofthefontitself,sothedisplayeffectwillbebetter:ts͡,tʃ͡,tɕ͡,dz͡,dʒ͡,dʑ͡,tɬ͡,kp͡,ɡb͡,ŋm͡.

Non-pulmonaryairflowsound

Non-pulmonaryairflowsoundreferstothesoundmadewithoutthelungsexhalingair.Includingbabble(foundintheKhoisanlanguagefamilyinAfrica),implosion(foundinlanguages​​suchasAfrica,SoutheastAsia,etc.),andspray(foundinmostnativeAmericaninhabitantsandlanguages​​intheCaucasus).

Location

Doublelips

Lipteeth

Teeth

gingival

post-gingival

Tongueroll

Gingivalpalate

Hardpalate

softpalate

smalltongue

Pharynx/Epiglottis

Laryngeal/Glottis

Talkingsound

ʘ

ǀ

ǃ

ǃ̃

ǂ

ʞ

-

-

-

Singlevoice

ǁ

¡

implosion

ɓ

ɗ

ʄ

ɠ

ʛ

-

-

Squeezethethroatandburstpronunciation

p'

t'

ʈ'

c'

k'

q'

ʡʼ

-

squeezethroatfricative

ɸʼ

f'

θʼ

s'

ʃʼ

ʂʼ

tɕʼ

çʼ

x'

χʼ

-

-

Squeezethethroatplugfricative

pɸʼ

θʼ

ts'

tʃʼ

ʈʂʼ

tɕʼ

cçʼ

kx'

qχʼ

-

-

Squeezethethroatfricative

-

-

ɬʼ

ʎ̝̥ʼ

ʟ̝̊ʼ

-

-

Squeezethethroatsqueezefricatives

-

-

tɬʼ

cʎ̝̥ʼ

kʟ̝̊ʼ

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-

-

Non-pulmonaryairflowsoundtable

Speakingsoundsaregenerallyunvoiced,voicedsoundsareaddedbelow;implosionsoundsaregenerallyvoiced,andunvoicedsoundsareaddedbelow;spoutingsoundscanonlybeunvoiced.

Vowels

Thepictureontheleftsymbolicallyshowsthepronunciationofthemouthofapersonwhofacestheleftside.Themoreyougototheleft,themoreyourtonguesticksout,andthemoreyougo,thesmalleryourmouthopens.——Inapairofsymbols,thereareroundlipsandnon-roundlipsontheleftandrightsides.Theoneontherightisaroundvowel,andtheoneontheleftisanon-roundvowel.

The"vowelmap"isalsotheleftview.Generallyspeaking,todescribeavowelfromtheperspectiveofpronunciation,therearethreemainparameters:(1)theheightofthetongue.Fromtoptobottominthepicture,correspondingtothetonguepositionfromhightolow,thatis,thesizeoftheopeningdegree.

(2)Beforeandafterthetongueposition.Fromlefttorightinthepicture,thecorrespondingtonguepositionisfromfronttoback.

(3)Theroundnessofthelips.Thetwovowelsinthesamepositioninthepicturehavethesametongueposition.Thedifferenceliesintheshapeofthelips:theleftsideistheunroundedvowel,andtherightsideistheroundedvowel.

Forexample,[a],[i],[u]arethethreemostcommonvowelsinhumanlanguage.Checkingthevoweldiagramshowsthat[a]isthefrontlowvowelwithoutroundlips,[i]isthefronthighvowelwithoutroundlips,and[u]isthebackhighvowelwithroundlips.Readerscantrytopronouncethesethreevowelsandfeelthepositionofthetongueandtheshapeofthelips.Theconnectionofthesethreevowelsand[ɑ]constitutesthepronunciationrangeofhumanvowels.Thetrapezoidinthevoweltonguetableincludesallthevowelsthatcanbepronounced.

Inadditionto"consonanttable"and"voweldiagram",thereareseveralothersymboltablesintheinternationalphoneticalphabetplan,butthearrangementismessy,unlikethe"consonanttable"and"voweldiagram".Thesystemicnatureofvoicewillnotbeintroducedhere.

Thediphthongsareusuallyrepresentedbynon-syllablesymbols,suchas⟨aɪ̯⟩.However,tiebarisalsoused,especiallywhenitisdifficulttoaccuratelyindicatewhetherthevowelison-glideoroff-glide:⟨a͡ɪ⟩,⟨o͜e⟩.

voweltable

vowel

before

Yang

After

Notroundlips

Roundlips

Notroundlips

Roundlips

Notroundlips

Roundlips

Close

i

y

ɨ

ʉ

ɯ

u

Closelyclosed

ɪɩ

ʏ

ʊ

Semi-closed

e

ø

ɘ

ɵ

ɤ

o

中

o

中

ə

Halfopen

ɛ

œʚ

ɜ

ɞ

ʌ

ɔ

Closeopen

æ

ɐ

Open

a

ɶ

äᴀ

ɑ

ɒ

Note:Forvowelsthatappearinpairs,theleftisanunroundedvowel,andtherightisaroundedvowel.ThetwosymbolsinthesameoneareoneDifferentwritingstylesofpronunciation.

diacritics

diacritics,alsoknownasadditionalsymbols,aresmallmarksaddedaroundthephoneticsymboltoindicatethechangeinthepronunciationofthephoneticsymbol,ortomakeitmoreprecisedescriptionof.Ifthesubscriptdiacriticalmark(themarkusuallyplacedunderthephoneticsymbolorsymbol)istobeaddedtothephoneticsymbolofthedescendingpart,itcanbeplacedabovetheletter.

Wheniisaddedwithandiacriticalmark,thedotabovemaybeconfusedwiththeadditionalmark,i(ı)withoutdotshouldbeused.SomeIPAsymbolscanalsobeusedasadditionalsymbolstodescribephoneticdetails,suchas:tˢ(frictionremoval),bʱ(leaksound),ˀa(gutturalstart),ᵊ(placedinschwa),oᶷ(dualelementPhonetic).OtherdiacriticsareincludedintheIPAextension.

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Additionalsymboltable

Syllable

◌̩

ɹ̩n̩

Intosyllable

◌̯

e̯ʊ̯

Notasyllable

Removalofresistance

◌ʰ

tʰ

Aspiration

◌̚

d̚

Silentblockremoval

◌ʱ

dʱ

◌ⁿ

dⁿ

Removalofnasalsound

◌ˡ

dˡ

sideToneremoval

Pronunciation

◌̥

n̥d̥

ThanhHoa

◌̬

s̬t̬

turbidity

◌̤

b̤a̤

Bleaksound

◌̰

b̰a̰

squeaking

Pronunciationpart

◌̪

t̪d̪

dentification

◌̼

t̼d̼

Lipoftongue

◌̺

t̺d̺

TongueSharpening

◌̻

t̻d̻

Linguallobe

◌̟

u̟t̟

Previous

◌̠

i̠t̠

Last

◌̈

ëä

Rearer

◌̽

e̽ɯ̽

Centralization

◌̝

e̝ɹ̝

Higher(lift)(ɹ̝=cleargingivalfricative)

◌˔

ɭ˔

◌̞

e̞β̞

Lower(descending)(β̞=proximityofthelips)

◌˕

ɣ˕

Co-pronunciation

◌̹

ɔ̹x̹

Moreroundlips

◌̜

ɔ̜x̜ʷ

Expandyourlips

◌ʷ

tʷdʷ

Liporlip-softpalatalization

◌ʲ

tʲdʲ

Palatization

◌ˠ

tˠdˠ

Softpalatalization

◌ˤ

tˤaˤ

Laryngealmuralization

◌ᶣ

tᶣdᶣ

Lip-hardpalatalization

◌̴

ɫz̴

Softpalateorthroatmuralization

◌̘

e̘o̘

Thebaseofthetonguemovesforward

◌̙

e̙o̙

Thebaseofthetonguemovesback

◌̃

ẽz̃

nasalization

◌˞

ɚɝ

RSonication

  • Remarks

  • a^AspiratedvoicedconsonantsTheaspirationisalsosound.Manylinguistsprefertousediacriticsthatrepresentleakysounds.

  • b^Somelinguistsonlyusetheleakysoundsymbolforsound,andmarkthestopsoundas

bʱ.

Glottalstate

Thestateoftheglottiscanbewelldescribedwithdiacritics.Thefollowingisthepronunciationofgingivalburstfromopeningglottistoclosingglottis:

Openglottis

[t]

clearsound

[d̤]

Exhale

[d̥]

Relaxation

Bestlocation

[d]

Normalsound

[d̬]

ZhangSheng

[d̰]

Crack

Closetheglottis

[ʔ͡t]

Glottisisclosed

Supersegmentcomponent

Thefollowingsymbolsareusedtodescribethecharacteristicsofthelanguage’sindividualconsonantsandvowelsbeyondthelevel,suchasrhythm,tone,length,andstress.Theseareoftenusedtoindicatesyllables,vocabularyorphrases,suchasthestrengthofspeech,Thepitchandduration,aswellastherhythmandintonationinthespeech.Althoughmostofthesesymbolsareusedtoindicatephoneme-baseddistinctionsinspeechlevels,theyalsoshowthatintonationtranscendsitslevelinthevocabularyitself.

Pitch

Intonation

Length,stress,rhythm

ˈ

ˈa

Mainaccent

ˌ

ˌa

Secondaryaccent

ː

aːkː

Long

ˑ

aˑ

Halflength

◌̆

ə̆

Ultrashort

.

aa

Syllableinterval

‿

s‿a

Connect(idledoesnotappear)

|

Smallrhythmgroup/stepgroup

‖

GreatProsodicGroup/IntonationGroup

↗

Overallincrease

↘

Overalldecrease

e̋˥

Superhigh

ě˩˥

rise

é˦

High

ê˥˩

Descend

ē˧

Medium

e᷄˧˥

Highrise

è˨

Low

e᷅˩˥

Lowrise

ȅ˩

Ultralow

e᷇˥˧

Highdrop

e᷆˧˩

Lowdrop

ꜛke

Upgrade

e᷉˧˩˧

Decreaseandrise

ꜜke

Degrade

e᷈˧˥˧

Raise

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Purpose

  • Usedindictionariesorforeignlanguagetextbookstoexpresspronunciation,tofacilitatetheacquisitionofasecondlanguage.

  • Thelanguageusedforfieldworkrecordsandformsthebasisofalanguagewritingsystem.

  • Annotatetheacousticorotherdisplaysofspeechanalysis.

  • Usedforpreparationbeforesinging.

Otherphoneticsymbols

Chinesephoneticsymbols

Thefollowing9phoneticsymbolsarecommonlyusedinChineselinguistics,buttheyarenotCanbeacceptedbytheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet.ThereareexclusivesymbolsinUnicode,buttheyneedthesupportofUnicode4.0andabove.Theyarenotvisibleinsomefontswithinternationalphoneticsymbols(suchasLucidaSansUnicode).

NinephoneticsymbolsnotacceptedbytheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet:ɿ,ʅ,ʮ,ʯ,ȶ,ȡ,ȵ,ᴀ,ᴇ.

Phonetictranscription

Unicode

Characterdescription

Tonevalue

Name

ɿ

U+027F

LonglegsdownIota

ɹ̟̩(iez̞)

Syllabicneargingivalsound

ʅ

U+0285

Iotawithrighttailandlonglegs

ɻ̩

Syllabicsyllableclosesound

ʮ

U+02AE

Thelowercaseletterhwithhook

ɹ̟̩ʷ(iez̞ʷ)

Syllablegingivallabialnearsound

ʯ

U+02AF

Hookedcurlytailinvertedlowercaseletterh

ɻ̩ʷ

td>

Turnthetongueintosyllablesandturnthelipsintoclosesounds

ȶ

U+0236

Lowercaselettertwithcurlytail

t̠ʲ

Gingivalpalateclearpronunciation

ȡ

U+0221

Lowercaseletterdwithcurlytail

d̠ʲ

TurbidgumandpalateExplosivepronunciation

ȵ

U+0235

Lowercaseletternwithcurlytail

ṉʲorɲ̟

gingivalpalatalnasal

ᴀ

U+1D00

SmallcapitalTheletterA

ä

Opencentralnon-roundvowel

Between

Between[a]and[ɑ]

ᴇ

U+1D07

SmallcapitalletterE

e

Unroundedfrontvowels

Between

[e]and[ɛ]

  • ^1SomescholarshavetranslatedthePinyin⟨shi⟩and⟨si⟩ofmodernstandardChineseinto[ʂ͡ɨ]and[s͡ɯ].

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