IPA
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IPA is a standardized system of phonetic notation used by linguists and language learners to represent the sounds of spoken languages.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Phonetic Alphabet | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
phonetic notation system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IPA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| createdBy | International Phonetic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal |
language-independent notation
ⓘ
one symbol for each distinct speech sound ⓘ to avoid ambiguity of traditional orthographies ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
English orthography
ⓘ
national writing systems ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IPA chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encodingStandard | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1888 ⓘ |
| fullName | International Phonetic Alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | International Phonetic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
field linguistics ⓘ lexicography ⓘ speech technology ⓘ teaching pronunciation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
brackets for transcription delimiters
ⓘ
diacritic modifiers ⓘ segmental symbols ⓘ suprasegmental notation ⓘ |
| hasRevision |
1989 Kiel Convention
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1993 IPA chart revision ⓘ 2005 IPA chart revision ⓘ 2015 IPA chart revision ⓘ |
| includes |
diacritics
ⓘ
non-pulmonic consonant symbols ⓘ pulmonic consonant symbols ⓘ suprasegmental symbols ⓘ tone and word accent symbols ⓘ vowel symbols ⓘ |
| includesSymbolsFrom | Greek alphabet GENERATED ⓘ |
| notationType |
not orthographic
ⓘ
phonetic ⓘ |
| purpose | to represent the sounds of spoken languages ⓘ |
| supports | transcription of all known spoken languages ⓘ |
| updatedBy | International Phonetic Association conventions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
language learners
ⓘ
language teachers ⓘ linguists ⓘ phoneticians ⓘ |
| usedFor |
forensic linguistics
ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ phonetic transcription ⓘ pronunciation dictionaries ⓘ speech therapy ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.