Template:IPAc-en/doc

Note: Per WP:LEAD, do not use this template in the lead section for common English words (e.g., pub, rose, pencil, bus, Monday, Earth, etc.).

This template is used to display English International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The pronunciation is broken into individual diaphonemes so that they will have tooltips (mouse-over text) to indicate pronunciation. All diaphonemes from Help:IPA/English are available.

The transcription system of Help:IPA/English, upon which this template relies, is diaphonemic, i.e. meant to cover multiple major varieties of English at once. If you wish to give a narrow transcription of a pronunciation in a certain variety of English, use {{IPA-endia}} or {{IPA-all}} instead.

The initial argument (entry after |) can be used to indicate a pronunciation prescript; link to IPA. The codes are:

Pronunciation & IPA link codes

Code	Output
lang	English:
local	locally
ipa	IPA:
also	also
uk	UK:
us	US:
uklang	British English:
uslang	American English:
ukalso	UK also
usalso	US also
alsouk	also UK:
alsous	also US:

The first argument that is not a code above will be treated as a diaphoneme. All diaphonemes listed at Help:IPA/English are available (except the ones that span two syllables such as /iə/, which need to be input as i|ə). Also available are /ɪəˈr/, /ɛəˈr/, /ʊəˈr/, /ɪəˌr/, /ɛəˌr/, and /ʊəˌr/, preserved for when a centering diphthong precedes a stress.

Separator codes

Use an underscore _ to separate words. When multiple pronunciations for the same word(s) are possible, use a comma and an underscore ,_ to separate the variants which will appear as a comma. As necessary, use a hyphen - to indicate omitted syllables. Diaphonemes are underlined, but separators are not, and separators do not have any tooltip text.

See the table below for a full list of diaphoneme codes.

Diaphoneme codes

Note that the aliases include ones that are kept merely for compatibility reasons and therefore not recommended for further use, as they might not accurately represent the sound represented by the output.

Code	Aliases	Display text	Tooltip	Type
b		b	'b' in 'buy'	diaphoneme
d		d	'd' in 'dye'	diaphoneme
dj	dy, dʲ	dj	/dj/: 'd' in 'dew'	diaphoneme
dʒ	dZ, ʤ	dʒ	/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'	diaphoneme
ð	D	ð	/ð/: 'th' in 'this'	diaphoneme
f		f	'f' in 'find'	diaphoneme
ɡ	g	ɡ	/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'	diaphoneme
h		h	'h' in 'hi'	diaphoneme
hw	ʍ	hw	/hw/: 'wh' in 'why'	diaphoneme
j	y	j	/j/: 'y' in 'yes'	diaphoneme
k		k	'k' in 'kind'	diaphoneme
l		l	'l' in 'lie'	diaphoneme
lj	ly, lʲ	lj	/lj/: 'l' in 'lute'	diaphoneme
m		m	'm' in 'my'	diaphoneme
n		n	'n' in 'nigh'	diaphoneme
nj	ny, nʲ	nj	/nj/: 'n' in 'new'	diaphoneme
ŋ	N, ng	ŋ	/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'	diaphoneme
p		p	'p' in 'pie'	diaphoneme
r	ɹ, ɻ	r	'r' in 'rye'	diaphoneme
s		s	's' in 'sigh'	diaphoneme
sj	sy, sʲ	sj	/sj/: 's' in 'consume'	diaphoneme
ʃ	S, sh	ʃ	/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'	diaphoneme
t		t	't' in 'tie'	diaphoneme
tj	ty, tʲ	tj	/tj/: 't' in 'tune'	diaphoneme
tʃ	tS, ʧ, ch	tʃ	/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'	diaphoneme
θ	T	θ	/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'	diaphoneme
θj	θy, θʲ	θj	/θj/: 'th' in 'enthuse'	diaphoneme
v		v	'v' in 'vie'	diaphoneme
w		w	'w' in 'wind'	diaphoneme
z		z	'z' in 'zoom'	diaphoneme
zj	zy, zʲ	zj	/zj/: 'Z' in 'Zeus'	diaphoneme
ʒ	Z, zh	ʒ	/ʒ/: 's' in 'pleasure'	diaphoneme
ɑː	A:, ɑ:, aː, a:	ɑː	/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'	diaphoneme
ɑːr	ɑɹ, aːr, a:r, ɑ:r, ɑr	ɑːr	/ɑːr/: 'ar' in 'far'	diaphoneme
ɒ	Q	ɒ	/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'	diaphoneme
ɒr	Qr	ɒr	/ɒr/: 'or' in 'moral'	diaphoneme
æ	ae, {	æ	/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'	diaphoneme
ær	aer, &r, æɹ	ær	/ær/: 'arr' in 'marry'	diaphoneme
aɪ	ai, aI	aɪ	/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'	diaphoneme
aɪər	aɪr, aIr, aɪə	aɪər	/aɪər/: 'ire' in 'fire'	diaphoneme
aʊ	au, aU	aʊ	/aʊ/: 'ou' in 'mouth'	diaphoneme
aʊər	aʊr, aUr, aʊə, aur	aʊər	/aʊər/: 'our' in 'hour'	diaphoneme
ɛ	E	ɛ	/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'	diaphoneme
ɛr	Er	ɛr	/ɛr/: 'err' in 'merry'	diaphoneme
eɪ	ei, eI, eː, e:	eɪ	/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'	diaphoneme
ɛər	eir, eIr, e@r, E@r, ɛɪɹ, eɪr, eːr, e:r, ɛəɹ, ɛə, ɛːr, ɛ:r, ɛː, ɛ:, E:, E:r	ɛər	/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'	diaphoneme
ɛəˈr	ɛə'r, eəˈr, eə'r, e@'r, E@'r, ɛːˈr, E:'r	ɛəˈr	/ɛəˈr/: 'ere' in 'thereof'	diaphoneme
ɛəˌr	ɛə,r, eəˌr, eə,r, E@,r, E@%r, e@,r, e@%r, ɛːˌr, E:,r, E:%r	ɛəˌr	/ɛəˌr/: 'ere' in 'thereof'	diaphoneme
ɪ	I, ᵻ	ɪ	/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'	diaphoneme
ɪr		ɪr	/ɪr/: 'irr' in 'mirror'	diaphoneme
iː	i:	iː	/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'	diaphoneme
ɪər	i:r, iːr, I@r, i@r, ɪəɹ, iːɹ, ɪə	ɪər	/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'	diaphoneme
ɪəˈr	ɪə'r, I@'r	ɪəˈr	/ɪəˈr/: 'er' in 'spheroidal'	diaphoneme
ɪəˌr	ɪə,r, I@,r, I@%r	ɪəˌr	/ɪəˌr/: 'er' in 'spheroidal'	diaphoneme
oʊ	o:, oː, ou, oU, @u, @U, əʊ, əu, oʊ-	oʊ	/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'	diaphoneme
ɔː	O, O:, ɔ:, ɒː, Q:	ɔː	/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'	diaphoneme
ɔːr	Or, ɔɹ, ɔ(r), ɔr, ɔər, oUr, ɔəɹ, ɔʊɹ, oʊɹ, oʊr, oːr, o:r, ɔə, ɔə(r)	ɔːr	/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'	diaphoneme
ɔɪ	oj, ɔj, oi, oɪ, ɔi, OI, oy	ɔɪ	/ɔɪ/: 'oi' in 'choice'	diaphoneme
ɔɪər	ɔɪr, oyr, ɔɪə	ɔɪər	/ɔɪər/: 'oir' in 'coir'	diaphoneme
ʊ	U, ᵿ	ʊ	/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'	diaphoneme
ʊr	Ur	ʊr	/ʊr/: 'our' in 'courier'	diaphoneme
uː	u:	uː	/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'	diaphoneme
ʊər	u:r, uːr, u@r, U@r, ʊəɹ, ʊə	ʊər	/ʊər/: 'our' in 'tour'	diaphoneme
ʊəˈr	ʊə'r, U@'r	ʊəˈr	/ʊəˈr/: 'ur' in 'plurality'	diaphoneme
ʊəˌr	ʊə,r, U@,r, U@%r	ʊəˌr	/ʊəˌr/: 'ur' in 'plurality'	diaphoneme
ʌ	V	ʌ	/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'	diaphoneme
ʌr	Vr, ʌɹ	ʌr	/ʌr/: 'urr' in 'hurry'	diaphoneme
ɜːr	ɝː, ɝ, 3r, 3:r, əːr, @:r, ɜɹ, ɜ(r), ɜr	ɜːr	/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'	diaphoneme
ə	@	ə	/ə/: 'a' in 'about'	diaphoneme
ər	ɚ, @r, əɹ, ə(r)	ər	/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'	diaphoneme
əl	@l, ᵊl, l̩	əl	/əl/: 'le' in 'bottle'	diaphoneme
ən	@n, ᵊn, n̩	ən	/ən/: 'on' in 'button'	diaphoneme
əm	@m, ᵊm, m̩	əm	/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'	diaphoneme
i		i	/i/: 'y' in 'happy'	diaphoneme
u		u	/u/: 'u' in 'influence'	diaphoneme
x	kh	x	/x/: 'ch' in 'loch'	diaphoneme
ʔ	?	ʔ	/ʔ/: the catch in 'uh-oh'	diaphoneme
ɒ̃	ɑ̃, ɒ~, ɑ~, Q~	ɒ̃	/ɒ̃/: nasal 'an' in 'vin blanc'	diaphoneme
æ̃	ae~, {~, ã, a~	æ̃	/æ̃/: nasal 'in' in 'vin blanc'	diaphoneme
ɜː	3, 3:, ɜ:, ɜ, əː, @:	ɜː	/ɜː/: r-less 'ur' in 'nurse'	diaphoneme
ˈ	', "	ˈ	/ˈ/: primary stress follows	diaphoneme
ˌ	,, %	ˌ	/ˌ/: secondary stress follows	diaphoneme
.	·	.	/./: syllable break	diaphoneme
#		#	/#/: morpheme break	diaphoneme
!		|	/: prosodic break (minor)	diaphoneme
!!	‖	‖	/‖/: prosodic break (major)	diaphoneme
_				separator
nbsp	 			separator
,_		,		separator
-	–	-		separator
(		(		separator
)		)		separator
...		...		separator
juː		juː	/juː/: 'u' in 'cute'	diaphoneme
jʊər		jʊər	/jʊər/: 'ure' in 'cure'	diaphoneme

The named parameter |audio= may be used to link to an audio file. By default, two links are created: one to the audio file itself and one to the File page. If the audio file is licensed as CC0 or public domain, you can use |attribution=no to make it only link to the audio file.

Examples

• {{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|l|ə|ˈ|b|æ|m|ə}} → /ˌæləˈbæmə/
• {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Alabama.ogg|ˌ|æ|l|ə|ˈ|b|æ|m|ə}} → /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (Template:Error-small)
• {{IPAc-en|US|audio=en-us-Alabama.ogg|ˌ|æ|l|ə|ˈ|b|æ|m|ə}} → US: /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (Template:Error-small)
• {{IPAc-en|US|audio=en-us-Alabama.ogg|attribution=no|ˌ|æ|l|ə|ˈ|b|æ|m|ə}} → US: /ˌæləˈbæmə/ Template:Error-small

Examples using SAMPA spelling for individual diaphonemes:

• {{IPAc-en|,|{|l|@|'|b|{|m|@}} → /ˌæləˈbæmə/
• {{IPAc-en|lang|audio=en-us-Alabama.ogg|,|{|l|@|'|b|{|m|@}} → English: /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (Template:Error-small)

If "[invalid input]" is displayed, it means that an unsupported input was used. Such instances are tallied at Category:Ill-formatted IPAc-en transclusions, where they can be reviewed and fixed.

Notations with audio links will appear under Category:Pages including recorded pronunciations.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for IPAc-en

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"string", "required": false }, "10": { "label": "Tenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "11": { "label": "Eleventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "12": { "label": "Twelfth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "13": { "label": "Thirteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "14": { "label": "Fourteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "15": { "label": "Fifteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "16": { "label": "Sixteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "17": { "label": "Seventeenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "18": { "label": "Eighteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "19": { "label": "Nineteenth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "20": { "label": "Twentieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "21": { "label": "Twenty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "22": { "label": "Twenty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "23": { "label": "Twenty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "24": { "label": "Twenty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "25": { "label": "Twenty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "26": { "label": "Twenty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "27": { "label": "Twenty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "28": { "label": "Twenty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "29": { "label": "Twenty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "30": { "label": "Thirtieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "31": { "label": "Thirty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "32": { "label": "Thirty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "33": { "label": "Thirty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "34": { "label": "Thirty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "35": { "label": "Thirty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "36": { "label": "Thirty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "37": { "label": "Thirty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "38": { "label": "Thirty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "39": { "label": "Thirty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "40": { "label": "Fortieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "41": { "label": "Forty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "42": { "label": "Forty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "43": { "label": "Forty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "44": { "label": "Forty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "45": { "label": "Forty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "46": { "label": "Forty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "47": { "label": "Forty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "48": { "label": "Forty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "49": { "label": "Forty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "50": { "label": "Fiftieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "51": { "label": "Fifty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "52": { "label": "Fifty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "53": { "label": "Fifty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "54": { "label": "Fifty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "55": { "label": "Fifty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "56": { "label": "Fifty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "57": { "label": "Fifty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "58": { "label": "Fifty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "59": { "label": "Fifty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "60": { "label": "Sixtieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "61": { "label": "Sixty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "62": { "label": "Sixty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "63": { "label": "Sixty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "64": { "label": "Sixty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "65": { "label": "Sixty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "66": { "label": "Sixty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "67": { "label": "Sixty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "68": { "label": "Sixty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "69": { "label": "Sixty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "70": { "label": "Seventieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "71": { "label": "Seventy-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "72": { "label": "Seventy-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "73": { "label": "Seventy-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "74": { "label": "Seventy-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "75": { "label": "Seventy-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "76": { "label": "Seventy-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "77": { "label": "Seventy-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "78": { "label": "Seventy-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "79": { "label": "Seventy-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "80": { "label": "Eightieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "81": { "label": "Eighty-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "82": { "label": "Eighty-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "83": { "label": "Eighty-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "84": { "label": "Eighty-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "85": { "label": "Eighty-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "86": { "label": "Eighty-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "87": { "label": "Eighty-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "88": { "label": "Eighty-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "89": { "label": "Eighty-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "90": { "label": "Ninetieth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "91": { "label": "Ninety-first input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "92": { "label": "Ninety-second input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "93": { "label": "Ninety-third input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "94": { "label": "Ninety-fourth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "95": { "label": "Ninety-fifth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "96": { "label": "Ninety-sixth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "97": { "label": "Ninety-seventh input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "98": { "label": "Ninety-eighth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "99": { "label": "Ninety-ninth input", "type": "string", "required": false }, "100": { "label": "One hundredth input", "type": "string", "required": false } } } </templatedata>

See also

• {{Respell}}, for pronunciation respellings, which may be used for English words in addition to the IPA