| Vowels Show vowel chart |
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| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| i | 105 | Lower-case I | i | Close front unrounded vowel |
| " | 034 | Undotted I | Shift+' | Not an IPA symbol |
| ö | 246 | Barred I | Alt+0246 | Close central unrounded vowel |
| ® | 174 | Undotted Barred I | Alt+0174 | Not an IPA symbol |
| I | 073 | Small Capital I | Shift+i | Near-close near-front unrounded vowel |
| e | 101 | Lower-case E | e | Close-mid front unrounded vowel |
| « | 171 | Schwa | Alt+0171 | Mid central vowel |
| | 130 | Reversed E | Alt+0130 | Close-mid central unrounded vowel |
| E | 069 | Epsilon | Shift+e | Open-mid front unrounded vowel |
| Î | 206 | Reversed Epsilon | Alt+0206 | Open-mid central unrounded vowel |
| Ï | 207 | Closed Reversed Epsilon | Alt+0207 | Open-mid central rounded vowel |
| a | 097 | Lower-case A | a | Open front unrounded vowel |
| | 140 | Turned A | Alt+0140 | Near-open central vowel |
| A | 065 | Cursive A | Shift+a | Open back unrounded vowel |
| | 129 | Turned Cursive A | Alt+0129 | Open back rounded vowel |
| Q | 081 | Ash Digraph | Shift+q | Near-open front unrounded vowel |
| o | 111 | Lower-case O | o | Close-mid back rounded vowel |
| O | 079 | Slashed O | Shift+o | Close-mid front rounded vowel |
| P | 080 | Barred O | Shift+p | Close-mid central rounded vowel |
| ¿ | 191 | Lower-case O-E Digraph | Alt+0191 | Open-mid front rounded vowel |
| ¯ | 175 | Small Capital O-E Digraph | Alt+0175 | Open front rounded vowel |
| | 141 | Open O | Alt+0141 | Open-mid back rounded vowel |
| µ | 181 | Turned M | Alt+0181 | Close back unrounded vowel |
| u | 117 | Lower-case U | u | Close back rounded vowel |
| ¬ | 172 | Barred U | Alt+0172 | Close central rounded vowel |
| U | 085 | Upsilon | Shift+u | Near-close near-back rounded vowel |
| Ã | 195 | Turned V | Alt+0195 | Open-mid back unrounded vowel |
| F | 070 | Ram's Horns | Shift+f | Close-mid back unrounded vowel |
| y | 121 | Lower-case Y | y | Close front rounded vowel |
| Y | 089 | Small Capital Y | Shift+y | Near-close near-front rounded vowel |
| Consonants Show consonant chart |
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| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| b | 098 | Lower-case B | b | Voiced bilabial plosive |
| º | 186 | Hooktop B | Alt+0186 | Voiced bilabial implosive |
| õ | 245 | Small Capital B | Alt+0245 | Voiced bilabial trill |
| B | 066 | Beta | Shift+b | Voiced bilabial fricative |
| c | 099 | Lower-case C | c | Voiceless palatal plosive |
| þ | 254 | Curly-tail C | Alt+0254 | Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative |
| C | 067 | C Cedilla | Shift+c | Voiceless palatal fricative |
| d | 100 | Lower-case D | d | Voiced dental or alveolar plosive |
| ë | 235 | Hooktop D | Alt+0235 | Voiced dental or alveolar implosive |
| ê | 234 | Right-tail D | Alt+0234 | Voiced Retroflex plosive |
| D | 068 | Eth | Shift+d | Voiced dental fricative |
| f | 102 | Lower-case F | f | Voiceless labiodental fricative |
| g | 103 | Lower-case G | g | Voiced velar plosive |
| © | 169 | Hooktop G | Alt+0169 | Voiced velar implosive |
| G | 071 | Small Capital G | Shift+g | Voiced uvular plosive |
| ý | 253 | Hooktop Small Capital G | Alt+0253 | Voiced uvular implosive |
| Ä | 196 | Gamma | Alt+0196 | Voiced velar fricative |
| h | 104 | Lower-case H | h | Voiceless glottal fricative |
| ú | 250 | Hooktop H | Alt+0250 | Voiced glottal fricative |
| î | 238 | Hooked Heng | Alt+0238 | Simultaneous postalveolar and velar fricative |
| ð | 240 | Crossed H | Alt+0240 | Voiceless pharingeal fricative |
| ç | 231 | Turned H | Alt+0231 | Voiced labial-palatal approximant |
| K | 075 | Small Capital H | Shift+k | Voiceless epiglottal fricative |
| j | 106 | Lower-case J | j | Voiced palatal approximant |
| ¾ | 190 | Dotless J | Alt+0190 | Not an IPA symbol |
| ï | 239 | Barred Dotless J | Alt+0239 | Voiced palatal plosive |
| Æ | 198 | Curly-tail J | Alt+0198 | Voiced palatal fricative |
| × | 215 | Hooktop Barred Dotless J | Alt+0215 | Voiced palatal implosive |
| k | 107 | Lower-case K | k | Voiceless velar plosive |
| l | 108 | Lower-case L | l | Voiced dental or alveolar lateral approximant |
| ñ | 241 | Right-tail L | Alt+0241 | Voiced retroflex lateral approximant |
| Â | 194 | Belted L | Alt+0194 | Voiceless dental or alveolar lateral fricative |
| L | 076 | L-Yogh Digraph | Shift+l | Voiced dental or alveolar lateral fricative |
| ; | 059 | Small Capital L | ; | Voiced velar lateral approximant |
| m | 109 | Lower-case M | m | Voiced bilabial nasal |
| É | 201 | Superscript M | Alt+0201 | |
| M | 077 | Meng | Shift+m | Voiced labiodental nasal |
| å | 229 | Turned M, Right Leg | Alt+0229 | Voiced velar approximant |
| n | 110 | Lower-case N | n | Voiced dental or alveolar nasal |
| N | 078 | Eng | Shift+n | Voiced velar nasal |
| Ô | 212 | Superscript Eng | Alt+0212 | |
| ÷ | 247 | Right-tail N | Alt+0247 | Voiced retroflex nasal |
| ø | 248 | Left-tail N (at left) | Alt+0248 | Voiced palatal nasal |
| Ë | 203 | Superscript Left-tail N (at left) | Alt+0203 | |
| ² | 178 | Small Capital N | Alt+0178 | Voiced uvular nasal |
| p | 112 | Lower-case P | p | Voiceless bilabial plosive |
| ¸ | 184 | Phi | Alt+0184 | Voiceless bilabial fricative |
| q | 113 | Lower-case Q | q | Voiceless uvular plosive |
| r | 114 | Lower-case R | r | Voiced dental or alveolar trill |
| R | 082 | Fish-hook R | Shift+r | Voiced dental or alveolar tap |
| ¨ | 168 | Turned R | Alt+0168 | Voiced dental or alveolar approximant |
| } | 125 | Right-tail R | Shift+] | Voiced retroflex flap |
| ä | 228 | Turned Long-leg R | Alt+0228 | Voiced alveolar lateral flap |
| Ó | 211 | Turned R, Right Tail | Alt+0211 | Voiced retroflex approximant |
| { | 123 | Small Capital R | Shift+[ | Voiced uvular trill |
| Ò | 210 | Inverted Small Capital R | Alt+0210 | Voiced uvular fricative |
| s | 115 | Lower-case S | s | Voiceless alveolar fricative |
| § | 167 | Right-tail S (at left) | Alt+0167 | Voiceless retroflex fricative |
| S | 083 | Esh | Shift+s | Voiceless postalveolar fricative |
| t | 116 | Lower-case T | t | Voiceless dental or alveolar plosive |
| ÿ | 255 | Right-tail T | Alt+0225 | Voiceless retroflex plosive |
| T | 084 | Theta | Shift+t | Voiceless dental fricative |
| v | 118 | Lower-case V | v | Voiced labiodental fricative |
| V | 086 | Cursive V | Shift+v | Voiced labiodental approximant |
| w | 119 | Lower-case W | w | Voiced labial-velar approximant |
| ã | 227 | Turned W | Alt+0227 | Voiceless labal-velar fricative |
| x | 120 | Lower-case X | x | Voiceless velar fricative |
| X | 088 | Chi | Shift+x | Voiceless uvular fricative |
| ´ | 180 | Turned Y | Alt+0180 | Voiced palatal lateral approximant |
| z | 122 | Lower-case Z | z | Voiced alveolar fricative |
| ü | 252 | Curly-tail Z | Alt+0252 | Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative |
| ½ | 189 | Right-tail Z | Alt+0189 | Voiced retroflex fricative |
| Z | 090 | Ezh | Shift+z | Voiced postalveolar fricative |
| ? | 063 | Glottal Stop | Shift+/ | Glottal plosive |
| û | 251 | Barred Glottal Stop | Alt+0251 | Epiglottal plossive |
| À | 192 | Reversed Glottal Stop | Alt+1092 | Voiced pharingeal fricative or approximant |
| ¹ | 185 | Barred Reversed Glottal Stop | Alt+0185 | Voiced epiglottal fricative or approximant |
| Clicks | ||||
| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| | 135 | Bull's Eye | Alt+0135 | Bilabial click |
| | 142 | Pipe | Alt+142 | Dental click |
| | 156 | Double-barred Pipe | Alt+156 | Palatoalveolar click |
| | 146 | Double Pipe | Alt+0146 | Alveolar lateral click |
| | 151 | Exclamation Point | Alt+0151 | (Post)alveolar click |
| Diacritic and Suprasegmental Symbols Note: These symbols are typed in after the symbols they modify |
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| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| p' | 039 | Apostrophe | ' | Ejective |
| d8 | 056 | Under-ring (o-width) | 8 | Voiceless |
| l¥ | 165 | Under-ring (i-width) | Alt+0165 | Voiceless |
| a* | 042 | Over-ring (o-width) | Shift+8 | Voiceless |
| "¡ | 161 | Over-ring (i-width) | Alt+0161 | Voiceless |
| s¤ | 164 | Subscript Wedge | Alt+0164 | Voiced |
| pH | 072 | Superscript H | Shift+h | Aspirated |
| e¦ | 166 | Subscript Right Half-ring | Alt+0166 | More rounded |
| 7 | 055 | Subscript Left Half-ring | 7 | Less rounded |
| a+ | 043 | Subscript Plus (o-width) | Shift+= | Advanced |
| i± | 177 | Subscript Plus (i-width) | Alt+0177 | Advanced |
| o= | 061 | Under-bar (o-width) | = | Retracted |
| i | 173 | Under-bar (i-width) | Alt+0173 | Retracted |
| e_ | 095 | Umlaut | Shift+- | Centralized |
| e~ | 126 | Over-cross | Shift+` | Mid-centralized |
| n` | 096 | Syllabicity Mark | ` | Syllabic |
| u9 | 057 | Subscript Arch (o-width) | 9 | Non-syllabic |
| i» | 187 | Subscript Arch (i-width) | Alt+0187 | Non-syllabic |
| «Õ | 213 | Rhoticity Sign | Alt+0213 | Rhoticity |
| b- | 045 | Subscript Umlaut (o-width) | - | Breathy voiced |
| iÐ | 208 | Subscript Umlaut (i-width) | Alt+0208 | Breathy voiced |
| a0 | 048 | Subscript Tilde (o-width) | 0 | Creaky voiced |
| i¼ | 188 | Subscript Tilde (i-width) | Alt+0188 | Creaky voiced |
| dÑ | 209 | Subscript Seagull | Alt+0209 | Linguolabial |
| dW | 087 | Superscript W | Shift+w | Labialized |
| tJ | 074 | Superscript J | Shift+j | Palatalized |
| tì | 236 | Superscript Gamma | Alt+0236 | Velarized |
| d³ | 179 | Superscript Reversed Glottal Stop | Alt+0179 | Pharingealized |
| d5 | 053 | Subscript Bridge | 5 | Dental |
| s° | 176 | Inverted Subscript Bridge | Alt+0176 | Apical |
| n6 | 054 | Subscript Square | 6 | Laminal |
| o) | 041 | Superscript tilde (o-width) | Shift+0 | Nasalized |
| "â | 226 | Superscript Tilde (i-width) | Alt+0226 | Nasalized |
| d< | 060 | Superscript N | Shift+, | nasal release |
| d: | 058 | Superscript L | Shift+; | Lateral release |
| p| | 124 | Corner | Shift+\ | No audible release |
| lò | 242 | Superimposed Tilde | Alt+0242 | Velarized or pharingealized |
| e3 | 051 | Raising Sign (o-width) | 3 | Raised |
| i£ | 163 | Raising Sign (i-width) | Alt+0163 | Raised |
| e4 | 052 | Lowering Sign (o-width) | 4 | Lowered |
| i¢ | 162 | Lowering Sign (i-width) | Alt+0162 | Lowered |
| a1 | 049 | Advancing Sign (o-width) | 1 | Advanced |
| iÁ | 193 | Advancing Sign (i-width) | Alt+0193 | Advanced |
| o2 | 050 | Retracting Sign (o-width) | 2 | Retracted |
| iª | 170 | Retracting Sign (i-width) | Alt+0170 | Retracted |
| tS | 131 | Top Tie Bar | Alt+0131 | Africate or double articulation |
| aÈ | 200 | Vertical Stroke (superior) | Alt+0200 | Primary stress |
| aÇ | 199 | Vertical Stroke (inferior) | Alt+0199 | Secondary stress |
| iù | 249 | Length Mark | Alt+0249 | Long |
| i> | 062 | Half-length Mark | Shift+. | Half-long |
| o( | 040 | Breve (o-width) | Shift+9 | Extra short |
| "á | 225 | Breve (i-width) | Alt+0225 | Extra short |
| ¨i.Q@kt | 046 | Period | . | Syllable break |
| eía | 237 | Bottom Tie Bar | Alt+0237 | Linking |
| Tones and Word Accents | ||||
| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| ma! | 033 | Double Acute Accent (o-width) | Shift+1 | Extra high level |
| "Ú | 218 | Double Acute Accent (i-width) | Alt+0218 | Extra high level |
| ma | 136 | Double Acute Accent (high o-width) | ALt+0136 | Extra high level |
| i | 137 | Double Acute Accent (high i-width) | Alt+0137 | Extra high level |
| ma@ | 064 | Acute Accent (o-width) | Shift+2 | High level |
| "Û | 219 | Acute Accent (i-width) | Alt+0219 | High level |
| ma | 143 | Acute Accent (high o-width) | Alt+0143 | High level |
| i | 144 | Acute Accent (high i-width) | Alt+0144 | High level |
| ma# | 035 | Macron (o-width) | Shift+3 | Mid level |
| "Ü | 220 | Macron (i-width) | Alt+0220 | Mid level |
| ma | 147 | Macron (high o-width) | Alt+0147 | Mid level |
| i | 148 | Macron (high i-width) | Alt+0148 | Mid level |
| ma$ | 036 | Grave Accent (o-width) | Shift+4 | Low level |
| "Ý | 221 | Grave Accent (i-width) | Alt+0221 | Low level |
| ma | 152 | Grave Accent (high o-width) | Alt+0152 | Low level |
| i | 153 | Grave Accent (high, i-width) | Alt+0153 | Low level |
| ma% | 037 | Double Grave Accent (o-width) | Shift+5 | Extra low level |
| "Þ | 222 | Double Grave Accent (i-width) | Alt+0222 | Extra low level |
| ma | 157 | Double Grave Accent (high o-width) | Alt+0157 | Extra low level |
| i | 158 | Double Grave Accent (high i-width) | Alt+0158 | Extra low level |
| ma | 138 | Extra-high Tone Bar | Alt+0138 | Extra high level |
| ma | 145 | High Tone Bar | Alt+0145 | High level |
| ma | 149 | Mid Tone Bar | Alt+149 | Mid level |
| ma | 154 | Low Tone Bar | Alt+0154 | Low level |
| ma | 159 | Extra Low Tone Bar | Alt+0159 | Extra low level |
| ma& | 038 | Wedge (o-width) | Shift+7 | Rising contour |
| "à | 224 | Wedge (i-width) | Alt+0224 | Rising contour |
| maô | 244 | Wedge (high o-width) | Alt+0244 | Rising contour |
| ió | 243 | Wedge (high i-width) | Alt+0243 | Rising contour |
| ma^ | 094 | Circumflex Accent (o-width) | Shift+6 | Falling Contour |
| "ß | 223 | Circumflex Accent (i-width) | Alt+0223 | Falling contour |
| maé | 233 | Circumflex Accent (high o-width) | Alt+0233 | Falling contour |
| iæ | 230 | Circumflex Accent (high i-width) | Alt+0230 | Falling contour |
| maè | 232 | Rising Tone Bar | Alt+0232 | Rising contour |
| ma | 134 | Falling Tone Bar | Alt+0134 | Falling contour |
| maØ | 216 | High-rising Tone Bar | Alt+0216 | High rising contour |
| ma | 128 | Low-rising Tone Bar | Alt+128 | Low-rising contour |
| ma | 133 | High-falling Tone Bar | Alt+0133 | High falling contour |
| maÙ | 217 | Low-falling Tone Bar | Alt+0217 | Low-falling contour |
| | 155 | Down Arrow | Alt+0155 | Downstep |
| | 139 | Up Arrow | Alt+0139 | Upstep |
| Ì | 204 | Upward Diagonal Arrow | Alt+0204 | Global rise |
| Í | 205 | Downward Diagonal Arrow | Alt+0205 | Global fall |
| Transcription delimiters | ||||
| Symbol | ASCII Code | Symbol Name | Keystrokes | Phonetic Description |
| , | 044 | Comma | , | Not an IPA symbol |
| [ | 091 | Left Square Bracket | [ | Begin phonetic transcription |
| ] | 093 | Right Square Bracket | ] | End phonetic transcription |
| / | 047 | Forward Slash | / | Begin/end phonemic transcription |
| | 150 | Vertical Line | Alt+0150 | |
| | 132 | Double Vertical Line | Alt+0132 | |
| oÊe | 202 | Minute Space | Alt+0202 | |
| \ | 092 | Backward Slash | \ | |
| Ö | 214 | Hyphen Dash | Alt+0214 | |
These tables are based on information obtained from the following sources:
Coded by Alfredo B. Torrejón (torreal@mail.auburn.edu)