Polish pronunciation: [{{{1}}}]

Usage

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Wikipedia:IPA for Turkish and Azeri
Wikipedia:IPA for Vietnamese
Wikipedia:IPA for Welsh

Wikipedia offers several templates for proper display of IPA transcriptions.

In general, instances of the IPA on a page should be enclosed in the {{IPA}} template, which formats the text in an IPA-compatible font. If a substantial portion of a page is in the 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.

However, 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:

• 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: English pronunciation: /word/,
  • {{pron-en}}, appearing as: pronounced /word/,

• 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
  • {{pronounced}}, appearing as: pronounced [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]  ( listen)

For the default introductory phrase, however, a placeholder such as ‹-› is required:

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

For external files, use the URL:

• {{IPA-fr|o|pron|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Fr-O-fr-Paris.ogg}} → pronounced: [o]  ( listen)

The supported languages are:

• Arabic: {{IPA-ar}}
• Armenian: {{IPA-hy}}
• Catalan: {{IPA-ca}}
• Czech and Slovak: {{IPA-cs}}
• Danish: {{IPA-da}}
• Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans: {{IPA-nl}}
• English: {{IPA-en}} (see also {{IPAc-en}} below)
• Finnish and Estonian: {{IPA-fi}}
• French: {{IPA-fr}}
• German: {{IPA-de}}
• Hebrew: {{IPA-he}}
• Hindustani: {{IPA-hns}}
• Hungarian: {{IPA-hu}} (see also {{IPAc-hu}} below)
• Irish: {{IPA-ga}}
• Italian: {{IPA-it}}
• Japanese: {{IPA-ja}}
• Korean: {{IPA-ko}}
• Mandarin Chinese: {{IPA-cmn}}
• Nahuatl: {{IPA-nah}}
• Polish: {{IPA-pl}} (see also {{IPAc-pl}} below)
• Portuguese: {{IPA-pt}}
• Romanian: {{IPA-ro}}
• Russian: {{IPA-ru}}
• Scottish Gaelic: {{IPA-gd}}
• Serbian and Croatian: {{IPA-sh}}
• Spanish: {{IPA-es}}
• Swedish and Norwegian: {{IPA-sv}}
• Tagalog (Filipino): {{IPA-tl}}
• Turkish and Azeri: {{IPA-tr}}
• Vietnamese: {{IPA-vi}}
• Welsh: {{IPA-cy}}

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. Those currently available are {{IPAc-en}} for English, {{IPAc-hu}} for Hungarian and {{IPAc-pl}} for Polish. For example:

• {{IPAc-en|'|s|&|n|d|k|a:|s|@|l}} → /ˈsændkɑːsəl/
• {{IPAc-hu|'|m|a|gy|á|r}} → [ˈmɒɟaːr]
• {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|cz|e|ć|i|n}} → [ˈʂt​͡ʂɛt​͡ɕin]

Note

The older inconsistently named (though still operational) templates {{IPA2}} and {{pron}} are deprecated, and are to be no longer used.

See also

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