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Phoneme Charts

Click on a phoneme in the chart to view ways of representing related sounds. The data reflects a small number of languages submitted by experts.

If you are knowledgeable about the orthography of a language that is not included and would like to contribute data, please contact us.

Languages included:
TYPEPLACE OF ARTICULATION
Bilabial Labiodental Linguolabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Post-alveolar Alveo-palatal Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasalm ɱ n ɳ     ɲ ŋ ɴ      
Stop-voice p t ʈ c k q ʔ
+voice b d ɖ ɟ g
Click ʘ ǀ ǁ ǃ ǂ
Affricate-voice t̪s ts
+voice d̪z dz ʝ
Fricative-voice ɸ f θ s ʂ   ʃ ɕ x χ ħ ʜ h
+voice β v ð z ʐ   ʒ ʑ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʢ̰ ɦ
Trill r
Tap/Flag-voice ɽ
+voice ⱱ̟ ɾ ɽʱ
Lateral l ɭ ʎ
Approximant w ʋ ɻ j ɰ
Null
HEIGHT PLACEMENT
Front/Near-front    Central    Back/Near-back
-round +round -round +round -round +round
Close i y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Near-close ɪ ʏ ɪ̈ ʊ̈ ʊ
Close-mid e ø ɘ ɵ ɤ o
Mid ø̞ ə ɤ̞
Open-mid ɛ œ ɜ ɞ ʌ ɔ
Near-open æ ɐ
Open a ɶ ɑ ɒ
Apical ɿ
Null
STARTING PLACE
Front/Near-front    Central    Back/Near-back
Toward front falling ei ɛi ai əi ui oi ʌi ɔi
rising je wi we
Toward near-front    falling æɪ əɪ ɔɪ ɑɪ
rising ja wa
Toward central falling ɛə ɪə ɨə ʊə
Toward near-back falling əʊ
Toward back falling iu eu ɛu au əu ou ʌu ɔu au
rising ju jo wo