The International Phonetic Alphabet

Various letters from the IPA are shown below. Write the scientific names of the sounds they represent. For example unvoiced alveolar plosive for [t], or close front unrounded for [i] (pay attention to the order of the terms).

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Letter	Sound
ɟ	voiced palatal plosive
r	voiced alveolar trill
ʋ	voiced labiodental approximant
ʕ	voiced pharyngeal fricative
f	voiceless labiodental fricative
z	voiced alveolar fricative
ʂ	voiceless retroflex fricative
x	voiceless velar fricative
ʜ	voiceless epiglottal fricative
ʎ	voiced palatal lateral approximant
ʟ	voiced velar lateral approximant
y	close front rounded vowel
ɪ	near-close near-front unrounded vowel
e	close-mid front unrounded vowel
ǃ	alveolar click
ɖ	voiced retroflex plosive
ɕ	voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
v	voiced labiodental fricative
ɽ	voiced retroflex flap
ʀ	voiced uvular trill
ɞ	open-mid central rounded vowel
j	voiced palatal approximant
ɺ	voiced alveolar lateral flap
o	close-mid back rounded vowel
b	voiced bilabial plosive
ʙ	voiced bilabial trill
ǁ	lateral click
ɦ	voiced glottal fricative
ð	voiced dental fricative
ɾ	voiced alveolar tap
l (lower case L)	voiced alveolar lateral approximant
c	voiceless palatal plosive
ɛ	open-mid front unrounded vowel
χ	voiceless uvular fricative
k	voiceless velar plosive
ʉ	close central rounded vowel
ɗ	voiced alveolar implosive
h	voiceless glottal fricative
ǀ (vertical line)	dental click
ɤ	close-mid back unrounded vowel
ʁ	voiced uvular fricative
ɭ	voiced retroflex lateral approximant
u	close back rounded vowel
ɡ	voiced velar plosive
ħ	voiceless pharyngeal fricative
ɔ	open-mid back rounded vowel
ʐ	voiced retroflex fricative
ç	voiceless palatal fricative
ɮ	voiced alveolar lateral fricative
n	voiced alveolar nasal
ʝ	voiced palatal fricative
ɢ	voiced uvular plosive
ʔ	glottal stop
ʘ	bilabial click
ʄ	voiced palatal implosive
θ	voiceless dental fricative
ə	mid central vowel
ⱱ	voiced labiodental flap
ɲ	voiced palatal nasal
ʊ	near-close near-back rounded vowel
ɘ	close-mid central unrounded vowel
β	voiced bilabial fricative
ɻ	voiced retroflex approximant
ɰ	voiced velar approximant
ɵ	close-mid central rounded vowel
ɓ	voiced bilabial implosive
ŋ	voiced velar nasal
ɳ	voiced retroflex nasal
ʢ	voiced epiglottal fricative
ø	close-mid front rounded vowel
s	voiceless alveolar fricative
ʒ	voiced postalveolar fricative
ɑ	open back unrounded vowel
ɨ	close central unrounded vowel
ɠ	voiced velar implosive
w	voiced labio-velar approximant
ɣ	voiced velar fricative
ɬ	voiceless alveolar lateral fricative
ʛ	voiced uvular implosive
ɱ	voiced labiodental nasal
ʑ	voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
q	voiceless uvular plosive
ɹ	voiced alveolar approximant
œ	open-mid front rounded vowel
ɯ	close back unrounded vowel
ɸ	voiceless bilabial fricative
ʈ	voiceless retroflex plosive
p	voiceless bilabial plosive
ʡ	epiglottal stop
ʏ	near-close near-front rounded vowel
a	open front unrounded vowel
ɴ	voiced uvular nasal
ʍ	voiceless labio-velar approximant
d	voiced alveolar plosive
ʃ	voiceless postalveolar fricative
ɒ	open back rounded vowel
æ	near-open front unrounded vowel
ɥ	voiced labio-palatal approximant
m	voiced bilabial nasal
ʌ	open-mid back unrounded vowel
ɐ	near-open central vowel
ɜ	open-mid central unrounded vowel
ǂ	palatal click
ɶ	open front rounded vowel

Level 82

Jul 3, 2013

Points and Manners of Articulation

I've found that, probably due to laziness, people are about 1000 times more likely to click on a link than they are to actually copy and paste a url.

Level 71

Jul 4, 2013

Ah, thanks for that! I think I had some problems with the URL showing up or something. :/

Level 22

Feb 15, 2021

I work with IPA all the time XD. This is too easy

Level 48

May 21, 2023

correction: [ʜ] is a trill, not a fricative

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