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Usage

This template formats IPA transcriptions and links them to WP:IPA for English. The transcription should match the conventions of that key; for narrower dialect transcriptions, use {{IPA-all}}, which links to a more complete IPA key.

The first cell in the template is for the transcription, and a second optional cell is a switch that controls the lede. With no second value, the lede English pronunciation: appears:

• {{IPA-en|n}} → ఆంగ్ల ఉచ్ఛారణ: /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|pron}} → pronounced /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|lang}} → English: /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|local}} → locally /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|IPA}} → IPA: /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|US}} → US: /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|UK}} → UK: /n/
• {{IPA-en|n|}} → /n/

Any of these may be combined with a sound file in an optional third cell:

• {{IPA-en|n|local|En-us-'n'.ogg}} → locally /n/

For the default lede, however, a placeholder such as ‹-› is required in the second cell:

• {{IPA-en|n|-|En-us-'n'.ogg}} → ఆంగ్ల ఉచ్ఛారణ: /n/

Usage of IPA pronunciation templates

Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.

IPA font

In general, IPA symbols on a page should be enclosed in the {{IPA}} template, which formats the text in an IPA-producing font. If a substantial portion of a page uses IPA, it is customary to post notice of that fact with {{IPA notice|lang=en}}, though each token still requires the {{IPA}} template for proper formatting.

If there are not enough occurrences to warrant a notice, then consider a template that links to an IPA key for the first instance of the IPA on a page or section.

English words

For English words, in a broad, non-regional transcription, as when giving the pronunciation of a key word in an article, use templates linking to Help:IPA for English, a chart of the subset of the IPA that is relevant to English:

• {{IPA-en}}, appearing as: ఆంగ్ల ఉచ్ఛారణ: /word/ (also /word/, English: /word/, pronounced /word/, as hereafter).
• {{IPAc-en}}, which automates the conversion to IPA, so that {{IPAc-en|'|w|3r|d}} appears as /ˈwɜːrd/. This provides mouse-over links to the symbols, and is now the preferred template.

Foreign words

For foreign words that are not assimilated into English, regional pronunciations of English words, and non-standard English dialects, use templates linking to the more general Help:IPA chart, containing all major IPA symbols:

• • {{IPA-all}}, appearing as: IPA: [word]. Or:
  • For specific languages, there may be dedicated IPA keys for standardized transcription. There are several options for their display. The first cell includes the ISO code of the language; the second is the transcription; the third keys an introductory phrase; and the fourth is space for a sound file. Using the French word eau [o] as an example, we have the default format:

• {{IPA-fr|o}} → French pronunciation: ​[o]

Or the word "pronounced" can be used as the introduction:

• {{IPA-fr|o|pron}} → pronounced: [o]

Language name only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|lang}} → French: [o]

"IPA" only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|IPA}} → IPA: [o]

Link only:

• {{IPA-fr|o|}} → [o]

Any of these may be combined with a sound file:

• {{IPA-fr|o|lang|Fr-eau.ogg}} → French: [o]

For the default introductory phrase, however, a placeholder such as “-” is required:

• {{IPA-fr|o|-|Fr-eau.ogg}} → French pronunciation: [o]

Supported languages and their templates

Albanian: {{IPA-sq}} Amharic: {{IPA-am}} Arabic: {{IPA-ar}} & {{IPA-arz}} (Egyptian) Armenian: {{IPA-hy}} Arpitan: {{IPA-frp}} Astur-Leonese: {{IPA-ast}}, {{IPA-le}}, {{IPA-mwl}}, {{IPA-ext}} Australian Aboriginal languages: {{IPA-aus}} Basque: {{IPA-eu}} Belarusian: {{IPA-be}} Bengali and Assamese: {{IPA-bn}} Berber (Tamaziɣt): {{IPA-tam}} Bulgarian and Macedonian: {{IPA-mk}} & {{IPA-bg}} Burmese: {{IPA-my}} Cantonese: {{IPA-yue}} Catalan: {{IPA-ca}} & {{IPA-va}} Colognian (Kölsch): {{IPA-ksh}} Czech and Slovak: {{IPA-cs}} Danish: {{IPA-da}} Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans: {{IPA-nl}} & {{IPA-af}} English: {{IPA-en}} (see also {{IPAc-en}} hereafter) Fijian: {{IPA-fj}} Finnish and Estonian: {{IPA-fi}} & {{IPA-et}} French: {{IPA-fr}} (see also {{IPAc-fr}} hereafter) Georgian: {{IPA-ka}} German: {{IPA-de}} & {{IPA-gsw}} Greek: {{IPA-el}} Guaraní: {{IPA-gn}} Haitian Creole: {{IPA-ht}} Hawaiian: {{IPA-haw}} Hebrew: {{IPA-he}} Hindustani: {{IPA-hns}}, {{IPA-hi}}, {{IPA-ur}} Hungarian: {{IPA-hu}} (see also {{IPAc-hu}} hereafter) Icelandic: {{IPA-is}} Inuit: {{IPA-iu}} Irish: {{IPA-ga}} (see also {{IPAc-ga}} hereafter) Italian: {{IPA-it}} Japanese: {{IPA-ja}} Kazakh: {{IPA-kk}} Khmer: {{IPA-km}} Korean: {{IPA-ko}} Lao-Isan: {{IPA-lo}} Latin: {{IPA-la}} Luxembourgish: {{IPA-lb}} Malagasy: {{IPA-mg}} Malay and Indonesian: {{IPA-may}} Malay: {{IPA-ml}} Maltese: {{IPA-mt}} Mandarin Chinese: {{IPA-cmn}} (see also {{IPAc-cmn}} hereafter) Manx: {{IPA-gv}} Māori: {{IPA-mi}} Maya(n): {{IPA-myn}} Nahuatl: {{IPA-nah}} Occitan: {{IPA-oc}} Persian: {{IPA-fa}} Polish: {{IPA-pl}} (see also {{IPAc-pl}} hereafter) Portuguese and Galician: {{IPA-pt}} & {{IPA-gl}} Punjabi: {{IPA-pa}} Romanian: {{IPA-ro}} Russian: {{IPA-ru}} Sanskrit: {{IPA-sa}} Scottish Gaelic: {{IPA-gd}} Serbian and Croatian: {{IPA-sh}}, {{IPA-hr}}, {{IPA-sr}} Spanish: {{IPA-es}} Swedish and Norwegian: {{IPA-sv}} & {{IPA-no}} Tagalog (Filipino): {{IPA-tl}} Tamil: {{IPA-ta}} Thai: {{IPA-th}} Tibetan: {{IPA-bo}} Turkish and Azeri: {{IPA-tr}} Ukrainian: {{IPA-uk}} Vietnamese: {{IPA-vi}} Welsh: {{IPA-cy}} Yiddish: {{IPA-yi}}

IPA-all for not-supported languages

Redirects have been created for languages which do not yet have dedicated templates. Transcriptions which use these redirects will link to {{IPA-all}} for the time being; when a language-specific template is created the articles will be linked correctly. For example, you can use {{IPA-jv|word}} for Javanese, but for the moment it will be redirected to {{IPA-all}}, producing IPA: [word].

Languages and language extensions (IPA-iso) with redirects to IPA-all

{{IPA-all}} (transcriptions not specific to any language, or which have not yet been reassigned) {{IPA-ace}} Acehnese {{IPA-ain}} Ainu {{IPA-ak}} Akan (Fante, Twi) {{IPA-alg}} Algonquian (Micmac, Cree) {{IPA-an}} Aragonese {{IPA-ang}} Old English/Anglo-Saxon {{IPA-arn}} Mapuche {{IPA-art}} artificial (Esperanto, Tolkien, etc.) {{IPA-ath}} Athabaskan (Dene, Navajo) {{IPA-ay}} Aymara {{IPA-azc}} Uto-Aztecan (Shoshone, Comanche) {{IPA-ba}} Bashkir {{IPA-bm}} Manding/Bambara {{IPA-bodia}} Bodish {{IPA-br}} Breton {{IPA-cau}} (North) Caucasian {{IPA-cel}} Celtic (Brythonic, Gaulish) {{IPA-ch}} Chamorro {{IPA-csb}} Kashubian {{IPA-cv}} Chuvash {{IPA-dedia}} German dialects {{IPA-dv}} Dhivehi {{IPA-ee}} Gbe (Ewe, Fon) {{IPA-endia}} English dialects {{IPA-enm}} Middle English {{IPA-esdia}} Spanish dialects {{IPA-fo}} Faroese {{IPA-frdia}} French dial. (Canadian, Metis, Norman) {{IPA-fy}} Frisian {{IPA-gsw}} Alemannic (Swiss, Alsatian) {{IPA-gu}} Gujarati {{IPA-ha}} Hausa {{IPA-hak}} Hakka {{IPA-hmn}} Hmong {{IPA-ig}} Igbo {{IPA-ira}} Iranian (Old Persian, Kurdish, Pamir) {{IPA-iro}} Iroquoian (Mohawk, Cherokee) {{IPA-itdia}} Italian dial. (Corsican, Sicilian, Sardinian [also IPA-srd]) {{IPA-jv}} Javanese {{IPA-ki}} Kikuyu {{IPA-kl}} Greenlandic {{IPA-kn}} Kannada {{IPA-kok}} Konkani {{IPA-kw}} Cornish {{IPA-ky}} Kyrgyz {{IPA-lg}} Ganda {{IPA-lij}} Ligurian (Genoese) {{IPA-lt}} Lithuanian {{IPA-ltc}} Middle Chinese {{IPA-lv}} Latvian {{IPA-mga}} Middle Irish {{IPA-mn}} Mongol {{IPA-mnw}} Mon {{IPA-moh}} Mohawk {{IPA-mos}} Mossi/Gurunsi {{IPA-mr}} Marathi {{IPA-mus}} Muskogean (Chickasaw, Creek) {{IPA-nan}} Minnan/Taiwanese {{IPA-ne}} Nepali {{IPA-non}} Old Norse {{IPA-ny}} Chewa {{IPA-oax}} Oaxaca (Zapotec, Mixe, Otomi) {{IPA-or}} Oriya {{IPA-pms}} Piedmontese {{IPA-poly}} (other) Polynesian {{IPA-ps}} Pashto {{IPA-qu}} Quecha {{IPA-rm}} Romansh {{IPA-rw}} Rwanda-Rundi {{IPA-ryu}} Okinawan langs {{IPA-sal}} Salish & NW Coast {{IPA-sco}} Scots {{IPA-sd}} Sindhi {{IPA-sei}} Seri {{IPA-sem}} (ancient) Semitic, Egyptian {{IPA-sga}} Old Irish {{IPA-shn}} Shan {{IPA-si}} Sinhala {{IPA-sio}} Siouan (Omaha, Lakota) {{IPA-sl}} Slovene {{IPA-sla}} Slavic (Old Slavic, Silesian, Sorbian) {{IPA-sm}} Samoan {{IPA-sn}} Shona {{IPA-so}} Somali {{IPA-st}} Sotho {{IPA-su}} Sundanese {{IPA-sw}} Swahili {{IPA-syr}} Syriac {{IPA-te}} Telugu {{IPA-tn}} Tswana {{IPA-to}} Tongan {{IPA-tt}} Tatar {{IPA-tyv}} Tuvan {{IPA-ug}} Uyghur {{IPA-uz}} Uzbek {{IPA-wo}} Wolof {{IPA-wuu}} Wu/Shanghainese {{IPA-xh}} Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi) {{IPA-xx}} (misc. languages with only a few transcriptions apiece, or unidentified) {{IPA-yo}} Yoruba {{IPA-zu}} Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi)

Conversion to IPA

Another type of language-specific template allows you to enter ordinary letters (or conventional ASCII equivalents) from a given language for automatic conversion to phonetic symbols. Languages currently available, and examples of use, are:

Arabic	{{IPAc-ar|2|a|l|l|u|gh|a|t_|a|l|3|a|r|a|b|i|y|y|a}} → [ʔalluɣat‿alʕarabijja]
Mandarin	{{IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|h|ua|2|-|r|en|2|m|in|2|-|g|ong|4|h|e|2|g|uo|2}} → [tʂʊ́ŋxwǎ ʐə̌nmǐn kʊ̂ŋxɤ̌kwɔ̌]
English	{{IPAc-en|'|s|&|n|d|k|a:|s|@l}} → /ˈsndkɑːsəl/
French	{{IPAc-fr|j|@|-|s|U|i|s_|a|m|é|r|i|c|ain}} → [ʒə sɥi.z‿ameʁikɛ̃]
Irish	{{IPAc-ga|'|b|ai|l'|@|-|'|á|th|@|-|'|c'|l'|ia|th}} → [ˈbˠalʲə ˈaːhə ˈclʲiəh]
Japanese	{{IPAc-ja|a}} → [a]
Hungarian	{{IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r}} → [ˈmɒɟaːr]
Polish	{{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n}} → [ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin]

See also

• {{respell}}, for pronunciation respellings, which may be used for English words in addition to the IPA
• {{lang-nci-IPA}}, for dual Nahuatl-IPA transcription