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International Phonetic Alphabet Sounds

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All recordings by Colter McAddis.

Consonants

Pulmonic consonants

↓Manner/Place→BilabialLabio-
dental		DentalAlveolarPostalveolarRetroflexAlveolo-
palatal		PalatalVelarUvularPharyngealGlottal
Stop p Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish b Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish		     t Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish d Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish		   ʈ Bengali
Hindi
Javanese
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Punjabi (India)
Somali ɖ Bengali
Hindi
Javanese
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Punjabi (India)
Somali		   c Bulgarian
Czech
Khmer
Latvian
Macedonian
Slovak
Vietnamese ɟ Corsican (France)
Friulian (Italy)
Irish
Latvian
Macedonian
Slovak		 k Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish g Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish		 q Arabic
Chechen
Quechuan (the Andes)
Somali
Uzbek
ǃXóõ (Bostswana) ɢ Mongolian
Tabasaran (Russia)
ǃXóõ (Bostswana)		 ʡ Amis (Taiwan)
Archi (Russia)
Dahalo (Kenya)		 ʔ Arabic
Burmese
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Nahuatl (Aztecs)
Pirahã (Amazonian)
Thai
Nasal m Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish		 ɱ Kukuya (Congo)   n Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish		   ɳ Javanese
Norwegian
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Punjabi (India)		   ɲBasque
French
Italian
Javanese
Latvian
Somali
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish		 ŋ Bengali
Chinese
Danish
English
Finnish
German
Indonesian
Irish
Korean
Norwegian
Punjabi (India)
Swahili
Thai
Uzbek
Vietnamese		 ɴ Japanese
Mapos Buang (Papua New Guinea)		    
Affricate       ʦ Catalan (Spain)
German
Hebrew
Luxembourgish
Serbo-Croatian
Ukrainian ʣ Catalan (Spain)
Hungarian
Latvian
Polish
Ukrainian		 ʧ Czech
German
English
Italian
Persian
Punjabi (India)
Spanish ʤ Arabic
English
Italian
Persian
Punjabi (India)
Ukrainian		   ʨ Korean
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Thai ʥ Korean
Serbo-Croatian		          
Fricative ɸ Bengali
Maori (New Zealand)
 β Sardinian (Italy)
Hopi (North America)		 f Chinese
English
German
Greek
French
Hebrew
Hindi
Persian
Polish
Punjabi (India)
Russian
Spanish v Dutch
English
German
Greek
French
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Persian
Polish
Punjabi (India)
Russian
Turkish		 θ English
Welsh
Spanish
Swahili
Arabic
Hebrew ð English
Welsh
Spanish
Swahili
Arabic
Albanian		 s Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish z Arabic
Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
Persian
Russian
Turkish		 ʃ Albanian
Arabic
Bulgarian
Czech
Dutch
English
French
German
Irish
Latvian
Persian
Portuguese
Punjabi (India)
Swahili
Yiddish ʒ Czech
Dutch
English
French
Hungarian
Latvian
Macedonian
Navajo
Persian
Portuguese
Turkish
Ukrainian		 ʂ Chinese
Russian
Polish
Norwegian
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Vietnamese ʐ Russian
Polish
Pashto (Afghanistan)		 ɕ Lower Sorbian (Germany)
Russian
Swedish
Tibetan ʑ Adyghe (Russia)
Lower Sorbian (Germany)
Kabardian (Turkey)
Russian		 ç Irish
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Welsh ʝ Spanish
Scottish Gaelic
Pashto (Afghanistan)
 x Arabic
Chinese
Czech
Dutch
German
Greek
Irish
Persian
Polish
Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
Vietnamese ɣ Arabic
Greek
Irish
Low German
Navajo
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Scottish Gaelic
Urdu (Pakistan)		 χ Arabic
Hebrew
Luxembourgish
Welsh
Yiddish ʁ Danish
French
Hebrew
Portuguese		 ħ Arabic
Hebrew
Kabardian (Turkey)
Kurdish
Maltese ʕ Arabic
Hebrew
Kurdish
Somali		 hArabic
Chinese
English
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Persian ɦ Hindi
Punjabi (India)
Slovak
Approximant   ʋ Dutch
Finnish
Hawaiian
Hindi
Norwegian
Urdu (Pakistan)		   ɹ Vietnamese
Burmese
Assamese (India)		   ɻ Chinese
Tamil (India)
Pashto (Afghanistan)
Punjabi (India)
Warlpiri (Australia)		   j Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Korean
Persian
Russian
Spanish		 ɰ Cherokee
Guarani (Paraguay)
Tiwi (Australia)		    
Tap   ⱱ Bana (Cameroon)
Mono (Congo)		   ɾ Hindi
Japanese
Persian
Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
Tagalog (Philippines)		   ɽ Bengali
Javanese
Punjabi (India)		            
Trill ʙ Mangbetu (Congo)
Ninde (Vanuatu)		     r Arabic
Armenian
Czech
Finnish
Italian
Polish
Slovak
Spanish
Ukrainian
Welsh		           ʀ French (some dialects)
German		 ʜ Aghul (Russia)
Chechen
Dahalo (Kenya)ʢ Aghul (Russia)		  
Lateral fricative       ɬ Navajo
Welsh
Zulu ɮ Mongolian
Zulu		                
Lateral approximant       lArabic
English
Filipino
Greek
Italian
Korean
Persian
Polish
Russian		   ɭJavanese
Norwegian
Tamil (India)
Warlpiri (Australia)		   ʎ Basque
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish
Yiddish		 ʟ Melpa (Papua New Guinea)
Yagaria (Papua New Guinea)		      
Lateral tap       ɺ Ache (Paraguay)
Cubeo (Colombia)
Wayuu (Colombia)		          

Coarticulated consonants

↓Manner/Place→ Labiovelar Velarized
alveolar lateral		 Labialized
palatal
Approximant ʍ English
Welsh w Arabic
English
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Tagalog
Ukrainian		 ɫ Lithuanian
Kurdish		 ɥ Iaai (New Caledonia)
Kurdish
Upper Sorbian (Germany)

Non-pulmonic consonants

↓Manner/Place→ Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Palato-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Uvular
Implosives ɓ Khmer
Mono (Congo)
Vietnamese
Zulu		 ɗ Khmer
Mono (Congo)
Vietnamese		 ᶑ Saraiki (Pakistan) ʄ Swahili
Saraiki (Pakistan)		 ɠ Swahili
Saraiki (Pakistan)		 ʛ Mam (Mexico)
Ixil (Guatemala)
Ejectives pʼ Chechen
Georgian
Kabardian (Turkey)
Quechuan (the Andes)		 tʼ Georgian
Haida (Canada)
Kabardian (Turkey)		 ʈʼ Gwich’in (Alaska) cʼ Gwich’in (Alaska) kʼ Georgian
Haida (Canada)
Tlingit (Alaska)		 qʼ Georgian
Haida (Canada)
Tlingit (Alaska)
Clicks ʘ ǂ’Amkoe (Botswana)
ǃXóõ (Botswana)		 ǀ Hadza (Tanzania)
Khoekhoe (Namibia)
Zulu		 ǁ Hadza (Tanzania)
Khoekhoe (Namibia)
Zulu		 ǃ Hadza (Tanzania)
Khoekhoe (Namibia)
Xhosa (Zimbabwe)
Zulu		 ǂ ǂ’Amkoe (Botswana)
Khoekhoe (Namibia)
Naro (Botswana)
Yeyi (Namibia)

Vowels

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