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International Pronunciation Alphabet (IPA)
Numeric Character References

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Some Numeric, Others Roman

List of Numeric Character References

Character Decimal Hexadecimal Description
ɑ ɑ 251 open back unrounded
ɐ ɐ 250 open-mid schwa
ɒ ɒ 252 open back rounded
æ æ E6 raised open front unrounded
ɓ ɓ 253 vd bilabial implosive
ʙ ʙ 299 vd bilabial trill
β β 3B2 vd bilabial fricative
ɔ ɔ 254 open-mid back rounded
ɕ ɕ 255 vl alveolopalatal fricative
ç ç E7 vl palatal fricative
ɗ ɗ 257 vd alveolar implosive
ɖ ɖ 256 vd retroflex plosive
ð ð F0 vd dental fricative
ʤ ʤ 2A4 vd postalveolar affricate
ə ə 259 schwa
ɘ ɘ 258 close-mid schwa
ɚ ɚ 25A rhotacized schwa
ɛ ɛ 25B open-mid front unrounded
ɜ ɜ 25C open-mid central
ɝ ɝ 25D rhotacized open-mid central
ɞ ɞ 25E open-mid central rounded
ɟ ɟ 25F vd palatal plosive
ʄ ʄ 284 vd palatal implosive
ɡ ɡ 261 vd velar plosive
(alternative,
an ordinary g is also acceptable)
ɠ ɠ 260 vd velar implosive
ɢ ɢ 262 vd uvular plosive
ʛ ʛ 29B vd uvular implosive
ɦ ɦ 266 vd glottal fricative
ɧ ɧ 267 vl multiple-place fricative
ħ ħ 127 vl pharyngeal fricative
ɥ ɥ 265 labial-palatal approximant
ʜ ʜ 29C vl epiglottal fricative
ɨ 616 268 close central unrounded
ɪ ɪ 26A lax close front unrounded
ʝ ʝ 29D vd palatal fricative
ɭ ɭ 26D vd retroflex lateral
ɬ ɬ 26C vl alveolar lateral fricative
ɫ ɫ 26B velarized vd alveolar lateral
ɮ ɮ 26E vd alveolar lateral fricative
ʟ ʟ 29F vd velar lateral
ɱ ɱ 271 vd labiodental nasal
ɯ ɯ 26F close back unrounded
ɰ ɰ 270 velar approximant
ŋ ŋ 14B vd velar nasal
ɳ ɳ 273 vd retroflex nasal
ɲ ɲ 272 vd palatal nasal
ɴ ɴ 274 vd uvular nasal
ø ø F8 front close-mid rounded
ɵ ɵ 275 rounded schwa
ɸ ɸ 278 vl bilabial fricative
θ θ 3B8 vl dental fricative
œ œ 153 front open-mid rounded
ɶ ɶ 276 front open rounded
ʘ ʘ 298 bilabial click
ɹ ɹ 279 vd (post)alveolar approximant
ɺ ɺ 27A vd alveolar lateral flap
ɾ ɾ 27E vd alveolar tap
ɻ ɻ 27B vd retroflex approximant
ʀ ʀ 280 vd uvular trill
ʁ ʁ 281 vd uvular fricative
ɽ ɽ 27D vd retroflex flap
ʂ ʂ 282 vl retroflex fricative
ʃ ʃ 283 vl postalveolar fricative
ʈ ʈ 288 vl retroflex plosive
ʧ ʧ 2A7 vl postalveolar affricate
ʉ ʉ 289 close central rounded
ʋ ʋ 28B vd labiodental approximant
ʊ ʊ 28A lax close back rounded
ʌ ʌ 28C open-mid back unrounded
ɣ ɣ 263 vd velar fricative
ɤ ɤ 264 close-mid back unrounded
ʍ ʍ 28D vl labial-velar fricative
χ χ 3C7 vl uvular fricative
ʎ ʎ 28E vd palatal lateral
ʏ ʏ 28F lax close front rounded
ʑ ʑ 291 vd alveolopalatal fricative
ʐ ʐ 290 vd retroflex fricative
ʒ ʒ 292 vd postalveolar fricative
ʔ ʔ 294 glottal plosive
ʡ ʡ 2A1 vd epiglottal plosive
ʕ ʕ 295 vd pharyngeal fricative
ʢ ʢ 2A2 vd epiglottal fricative
ǀ ǀ 1C0 dental click
ǁ ǁ 1C1 alveolar lateral click
ǂ ǂ 1C2 alveolar click
ǃ ǃ 1C3 retroflex click

Etc.

For more see, UCL Phonetics Dept., The International Phonetic Alphabet in Unicode.

The following are written in Roman letters.

List of Roman Letters

Character Description
p lower-case letter P vl bilabial plosive
b lower-case letter B vd bilabial plosive
t lower-case letter T vl alveolar plosive
d lower-case letter D vd alveolar plosive
c lower-case letter C vl palatal plosive
k lower-case letter K vl velar plosive
g lower-case letter G vd velar plosive
q lower-case letter Q vl uvular plosive
G small upper-case letter G vd uvular plosive
m lower-case letter M vd bilabial nasal
n lower-case letter N vd alveolar nasal
N small upper-case letter N vd uvular nasal
B small upper-case letter B vd bilabial trill
r lower-case letter R vd alveolar trill
R small upper-case letter R vd uvular trill
f lower-case letter F vl labiodental frictive
v lower-case letter V vd labiodental frictive
s lower-case letter S vl alveolar frictive
z lower-case letter Z vd alveolar frictive
x lower-case letter X vl velar frictive
h lower-case letter H vl glottal frictive
j lower-case letter J, yod vd palatal approximant
l lower-case letter L vd alveolar lateral approximant
L small upper-case letter L vd velar lateral approximant
w lower-case letter W vd labial-velar approximant
H small upper-case letter H vl epiglottal frictive
i lower-case letter I close front unrounded
y lower-case letter Y close front rounded
u lower-case letter U close back rounded
e lower-case letter E close mid-front unrounded
o lower-case letter O close mid-back rounded
a lower-case letter A, type open front unrounded