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IPA Consonants and Vowels Guide

This document provides information on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and describes consonants and vowels using feature-based notation. It lists various consonant and vowel symbols of the IPA and identifies their phonetic features, such as place and manner of articulation, voicing, nasalization, continuancy, rounding, and other properties. The feature-based notation is intended to concisely characterize sounds in terms of a subset of their key distinguishing phonetic traits.

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IPA Consonants and Vowels Guide

This document provides information on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and describes consonants and vowels using feature-based notation. It lists various consonant and vowel symbols of the IPA and identifies their phonetic features, such as place and manner of articulation, voicing, nasalization, continuancy, rounding, and other properties. The feature-based notation is intended to concisely characterize sounds in terms of a subset of their key distinguishing phonetic traits.

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201 Introduction to Linguistics: Features of Sounds

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

Consonants
Symbol

Description in Terms of (a Subset of) Their Features

p
b
m
w

[+labial, +bilabial, -voiced, -nasal, -continuant]

f
v

[+labial, +labiodental, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant]

[+coronal, +dental, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant]

t
d
n

[+coronal, +alveolar, -voiced, -nasal, -continuant]

s
z

[+coronal, +alveolar, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +strident]

l
t
d

[+coronal, +alveolar, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +approximant, +sonorant]

r
j

[+coronal, +post-alveolar, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +strident]

[+dorsal, +velar, -voiced, -nasal, -continuant]

[+glottal, -voiced, -nasal, -continuant]

[+labial, +bilabial, +voiced, -nasal, -continuant]


[+labial, +bilabial, +voiced, +nasal, -continuant, +sonorant]
[+labial, +labiovelar, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +approximant, +sonorant]
[+labial, +labiovelar, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +approximant]
[+labial, +labiodental, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant]
[+coronal, +dental, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant]
[+coronal, +alveolar, +voiced, -nasal, -continuant]
[+coronal, +alveolar, +voiced, +nasal, -continuant, +sonorant]
[+coronal, +alveolar, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +strident]
[+coronal, +post-alveolar, -voiced, -nasal, -continuant, +strident]
[+coronal, +post-alveolar, +voiced, -nasal, -continuant, +strident]
[+coronal, +post-alveolar, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +strident]
[+coronal, +retroflex, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +approximant, +sonorant]
[+dorsal, +palatal, +voiced, -nasal, +continuant, +approximant, +sonorant]
[+dorsal, +velar, +voiced, -nasal, -continuant]
[+dorsal, +velar, +voiced, +nasal, -continuant, +sonorant]
[+glottal, -voiced, -nasal, +continuant]

201 Introduction to Linguistics: Features of Sounds

Vowels
Symbol Description in Terms of (a Subset of) Their Features

[+front, +high, +tense, -rounded]

[+front, +high, -tense, -rounded]

[+front, +mid, +tense, -rounded]

[+front, +mid, -tense, -rounded]

[+front, +low, -tense, -rounded]

[+central, +mid, -tense, -rounded]

[+central, +low, +tense, -rounded]

[+central, +low, +tense, -rounded, +diphthong]

[+central, +low, +tense, +rounded, +diphthong]

[+back, +mid, -tense, -rounded]

[+back, +low, +tense, -rounded]

[+back, +mid, +tense, +rounded]

[+back, +mid, -tense, +rounded]

[+back, +mid, +tense, +rounded, +diphthong]

[+back, +high, +tense, +rounded]

[+back, +high, -tense, +rounded]

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