International Phonetic Alphabet

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International Phonetic Alphabet
Type: Alphabet
Languages: Reserved for phonetic transcription of any language
Time period: 1888 to the present
Parent writing systems: Romic Alphabet
 Phonotypic Alphabet
  International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation created by linguists. It was made to make a way of showing sounds of any spoken language which would be the same for every language [1]. It is used, often on a day-to-day basis, by linguists, speech pathologists and therapists, foreign language teachers, lexicographers, and translators. It is also used on many wikipedia pages to help the user know how certain words are meant to be spoken.

[edit] References

  1. International Phonetic Association (1999). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-65236-7 (hb); ISBN 0-521-63751-1 (pb).